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More by R.L. Nave
Justice, Hope and Hurricane Katrinanew
Re-housing residents along the Mississippi coast became the most daunting problem of the post-Katrina recovery—logistically and politically speaking.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
09-11-2015 |
Housing & Development
Keep on Truckin: Meet Robert Graynew
It was not until 7:36 on the morning of Aug. 5 that anyone found out what Robert Gray looked like, much less how he wound up being the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for Mississippi governor.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
More by Dylan Watson
Freedom Rides Againnew
Hank Thomas walked up the steps of the Greyhound bus on a sunny day May 4, 1961. As he calmly surveyed its drab, blue-gray interior, the lanky 19-year-old black student from Howard University had no idea that in about two weeks he would come dangerously close to meeting his maker on its floor.
Jackson Free Press |
Dylan Watson |
05-19-2011 |
Civil Liberties
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November Election: Party Lines Drawn Earlynew
Education funding, job creation and fighting corruption are at the top of many Mississippi statewide candidates' lists heading into the November election.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
Keep on Truckin: Meet Robert Graynew
It was not until 7:36 on the morning of Aug. 5 that anyone found out what Robert Gray looked like, much less how he wound up being the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee for Mississippi governor.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-14-2015 |
Elections
‘Empower’ PAC Helps Oust Anti-Charter Republicansnew
Empower Mississippi, a nonprofit dedicated to school choice, used its political arm, the Empower PAC, to unseat four incumbent Republican candidates for the Mississippi House of Representatives in the DeSoto County primary elections on Aug. 4.
Jackson Free Press |
Arielle Dreher |
08-13-2015 |
Elections
Pro-Cochran PAC Sheds Light on GOP Primarynew
Recent federal-campaign finance reports shed new light into spending that took place in the final days of the grueling Republican primary in June.
Jackson Free Press |
Anna Wolfe |
10-24-2014 |
Elections
The Faces of Travis Childersnew
Travis Childers, a former congressman from Booneville, hopes traditional Democratic voters and tea-party members can help him upset Republican U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran in November.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
10-24-2014 |
Elections
