AltWeeklies Wire
Panhandlers in Police Peril?new
A new ordinance would criminalize panhandling in Jackson.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
09-09-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
The Coast's Forgotton Poornew
One year after Katrina, no provision has been made for low-income families and renters on the Gulf Coast.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
09-06-2006 |
Policy Issues
Return of the Super-Predatorsnew
Just when you thought the myth of the super-predators had finally died, a local journalist brings them back from the dead.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
09-06-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
F Is for Franknew
What's the new accessory taking Jackson by storm? "F The Mayor" stickers rule the day.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
08-24-2006 |
Politics
Goliath Blunders, Passes Bucknew
The Clarion-Ledger is headed to court with the city over unfilled and rejected public records requests, but the mega-paper's account of how it got there gets almost all the facts wrong.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
08-20-2006 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
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
An Ass Cape and a Dreamnew
The Miss Mississippi Pageant is the gravest threat facing Christian marriage in the Magnolia State today.
Jackson Free Press |
Ali Greggs and Brian Johnson |
07-28-2006 |
Performance
Tags: performance
"Deepest Midnight: Cedric Willis and the Failure of Mississippi Justice"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
07-28-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
Shooting the Boozenew
In a world of deception, of push-up bras and hair plugs, the drink tells all.
Jackson Free Press |
Ali Greggs and Brian Johnson |
07-15-2006 |
Food+Drink
Punks and Heavy Weaponrynew
Mayor Frank Melton declared of a state of emergency in Jackson to fight crime -- we rode shotgun with him and observed this "cowboy" mayor firsthand.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
07-15-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
When Jackson Burnednew
On the anniversary of a Southern town's destruction, we must remember what the Civil War meant, both then and now.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
05-18-2006 |
Commentary
No News is Gannett Newsnew
Gannett's scheme to drive indepedents in Jackson out of business continues.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
05-18-2006 |
Media
Tags: media
The Second Stormnew
A new congressional report on the Katrina response further perpetuates Gov. Haley Barbour's "Mississippi Myth" that this state responded better to the hurricane than Louisiana.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
02-23-2006 |
Commentary
Taking on the Timesnew
A New York Times article that described widespread abuse of hurricane relief in the Jackson, Miss., area drew strong criticism from state residents, among them Governor Haley Barbour.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
12-01-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Reconstructing Bay St. Louis: Answers, Pleasenew
Along the beach in Bay St. Louis, houses are nothing more than piles of rubble, and many streets remain impassable. Still, more than 300 citizens crowded into an open meeting in a battered church to discuss rebuilding their community.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
11-10-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
