AltWeeklies Wire
Mr. Dylan, Mr. Eversnew
It was raining the morning of May 17, 2003. I was in my office, worrying about what the Jubilee! JAM organizers must be going through. It's hard to make this festival pay off in good weather, not to mention in times of thunderstorms and crime hysteria. I knew the rain, coming on the JAM's big day—Cassandra Wilson, Bob Dylan and Gerald Levert were scheduled that evening—would be playing hell with the moods of the organizers.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
06-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
Great Expectationsnew
All of us need to be believed in, regardless of the luck of our early circumstances.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
04-26-2013 |
Advice
No Means Nonew
I have read accounts of the now-infamous Steubenville, Ohio, rape with horror.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-21-2013 |
The War on Women
Take It to the Streetsnew
"Urban warriors" is what I've dubbed the growing group of people of all ages in Jackson who are determined to reverse the narrative here. These are people who know that crime is a symptom of much larger problems, and who don't try to use the problem as a way to get cheap votes or attention.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-15-2013 |
Commentary
Between Man and His Godnew
Some really smart people knew that when they wrote the First Amendment, which includes two intertwining clauses to ensure that no one abridges our freedom of religion by trying to establish their own. Put simply, the government doesn't get to pick or establish or force any particular faith or its prayers and practices, because that obviously endangers freedom of religion for all of us.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-15-2013 |
Commentary
Weapons of Mass Destructionnew
The gun lobby has become too strong, too strident and a bit insane.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
01-17-2013 |
Crime & Justice
A Kinder, Gentler Unionnew
Picking on food stamps has long been a way to gather votes from people who don't bother to pay attention to who is poor and why (call them the 47-percenters).
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
01-05-2013 |
Commentary
Making Solutions to Poverty Sticknew
It is easy to desire to help someone escape poverty, but it is harder than it might seem because they have to ultimately do it themselves.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
7 Poverty Triggersnew
There is a reason that blaming the poor for their plight is useless, not to mention offensive. It’s usually not their fault, especially if they stay poor for long.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
How Poverty Happensnew
If any societal issue is steeped in myth and misunderstanding, it is poverty.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-21-2012 |
Poverty
The Contraception Warsnew
Most of you have surely heard by now that former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is blaming his resounding loss on "gifts" that President Obama offered young voters, African Americans and Latinos.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
11-30-2012 |
Commentary
The Deal With a Racist Devilnew
We seem to be going backward, not forward, on race and other bigotry issues.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
11-01-2012 |
Race & Class
Beware the GOP's (Un)Scientific Sexismnew
The majority of Mississippians who voted last fall to block the passage of the "personhood" initiative should be very nervous about the Nov. 6 election.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-26-2012 |
Commentary
Raising an Armynew
"Half the Sky" is about the severe problems women face around the world. It is chilling, covering routine violence spanning from the sex trafficking and gang rape of toddlers in Cambodia to the routine rape of young women in Sierra Leone.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-05-2012 |
Commentary
A Mad Insurrectionnew
Fifty years ago this week, James Meredith integrated Ole Miss, causing violent upheaval. Here are three books from men in the thick of the uprising.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-01-2012 |
Nonfiction
