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Fighting for Fair Tradenew
Nucor Steel represents a concrete example of how "free" trade is ruining American manufacturing.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
08-20-2006 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
The Right to Speak Outnew
The Jackson Fire Department has suspended five firefighters, including the union president, for speaking to us about safety concerns -- now Mayor Frank Melton says he may fire them.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson and Adam Lynch |
08-16-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Choicers and Lifers Agreenew
As the latest abortion protests wind down in Jackson, the two sides can agree on only one thing: Jackson Police were out of hand, and the city has no coherent policy on demonstrations.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-28-2006 |
Sex
Melton Targets Homeless Peoplenew
Jackson Mayor Frank Melton extended his state of emergency on crime to include a curfew on homeless people -- advocates for the homeless are enraged.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-20-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
JPD Under Fire in Abortion Clashnew
With a week of protests underway by Operation Save America, and hundreds of abortion-rights advocates marching in counter-protest, Jackson police are under fire for draconian permit policies and arrests.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch and Donna Ladd |
07-20-2006 |
Sex
Fantasy Islandnew
Developers in Jackson are atwitter over a proposal to dam the Pearl River and inundate its floodplain for the sake of real estate developers -- but is it worth the financial and environmental cost?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
05-25-2006 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
Bellsouth Looting Competitors?new
As hurricane victims in Biloxi, Miss., move to reassemble their lives, phone corporation Bellsouth moves in to dominate the area by bullying customers.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
11-03-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
Paradise Lostnew
Strangely, it wasn’t the hurricane itself that tore down the life and family of Daniel Dotta. It was the clean-up crew that came along behind it. With hard work and sacrifice, Dotta and his family had been creeping their way up the economic ladder. But then along came Cesar Flores Nunez.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-20-2005 |
Immigration
Tags: Immigration
Gone With the Windnew
Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood unleashed a storm of his own by announcing a civil action against some members of the insurance industry, declaring that provisions excluding flood damage from the policies of hurricane victims are void and unenforceable.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
09-22-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
The New Gasnew
The high price of gasoline is starting to make alternative fuels look better. Meet Biodiesel, a simple derivative of vegetable oil, ethanol and lye that can be brewed in a backyard still.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
09-15-2005 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Mayor Changes Story, Admits Leaknew
Soon after taking office, the new mayor of Jackson, Miss., changed sworn testimony, now admitting that he leaked a document to the city's Gannett-owned daily when he was head of the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
07-24-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Gas Price Hell: Is the End Drawing Nigh?new
The skyrocketing price of gas may mean worse things than you think.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
05-12-2005 |
Business & Labor
Tags: business & labor
State Behaving Badlynew
Families of prisoners, and the ACLU, are alleging that the state is still abusing incarcerated citizens, more than 30 years after Mississippi’s prison system was declared unconstitutional.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-29-2004 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
It's Hard Being Greennew
George W. Bush’s War on Nature kicked off early in his presidential career, and he is accused of hundreds of environmental infringements. John Kerry is the polar opposite. When it comes to tree-hugging, he hasn't been a flip-flopper.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
10-15-2004 |
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