AltWeeklies Wire
Chairman Bryantnew
Will Mississippi elect a radical-right governor?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
08-03-2011 |
Elections
To Gate or Not to Gate?new
Jackson residents could erect gates to their neighborhoods, and still have the city pay for their streets, under a proposed ordinance.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
06-02-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Gated Communities
NAACP President: Segregation Still a Problemnew
NAACP President Derrick Johnson's spoke during a community meeting in Jackson, Miss.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-05-2010 |
Race & Class
Is Advance Mississippi Pushing Energy Overkill?new
The former mayor of Tupelo, Miss. is heading a new energy advocacy group that critics say is pushing for a prohibitively expensive lignite coal plant and expansions of the Grand Gulf nuclear facility.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
Stanford Needed Regulation, Hood Saysnew
Mississippi's Attorney General Jim Hood blames the lax attitude of the Bush administration to scandals like Stanford Financial, which has deep ties in the state.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
03-27-2009 |
Crime & Justice
Why Don't the People of D.C. Have a Voice in Congress?new
D.C. Vote's Eugene Dewitt Kinlow and Ilir Zherka traveled to Jackson June 2, to talk with Mississippi voters about the issue.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
06-12-2008 |
Politics
"Evacuees Face Confusion," "BellSouth Looting Competitors?" and ""Booting Delinquents"new
AltWeeklies Award - News Story (1500 words or less)
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-21-2008 |
Media
Tags: media
Are New Voters Changing Mississippi Politics?new
We take a post-primary look at the changing faces of Mississippi's voters. Could this be a sign of the end of the Southern Strategy?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-21-2008 |
Politics
Shopocalypse Now!new
In the film, What Would Jesus Buy? Reverend Billy is preaching against what he mirthlessly calls the "Shopocalypse," the slow death of the planet through humanity's incessant desire to buy more stuff.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-03-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: What Would Jesus Buy?
Los Cuentos Chinos: Immigration Myths and Realitiesnew
How do immigration tall tales size up to the truth?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
02-22-2008 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Au Naturale, Or No?new
Lampkin Butts, president of Sanderson Farms in Laurel, Miss., said his company and the Truthful Labeling Coalition want the USDA to crack down on the "100 percent all natural" label, claiming competitors are increasing profits by weighing down its poultry products with additives.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
01-17-2008 |
Science
Tags: Health & Science
Dem at Your Own Risknew
The year 2000 was the dawn of the tort-reform craze in Mississippi, and the beginning of the end for Democrats in the state.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-20-2007 |
Politics
The Reality of Tort Reformnew
Tort law and the role of the jury seem to be drastically changing in Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-01-2007 |
Politics
Mr. Washington Comes to Mississippinew
Gov. Haley Barbour's take-no-prisoners political training doesn't allow for a whole lot of compromise -- it's Republican loyalty or the highway.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-01-2007 |
Politics
The Politics of Voter IDnew
Republican secretary of state candidate Delbert Hosemann says he is pushing hard to make ID a voting requirement in Mississippi -- his Democratic opponent, Rob Smith of Brandon, is not so driven to tie voters to their driver's licenses.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-22-2007 |
Politics
