AltWeeklies Wire
Driving Mr. Bidennew
In an exclusive interview, Sen. Joe Biden sounds off on the proper role of faith in politics, the failure of No Child Left Behind and how Democrats can turn red states blue.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-04-2006 |
Politics
Coretta, Betty and Menew
How meeting Coretta Scott King and Betty Friedan in a Mississippi library changed the future of one Mississippi woman.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-17-2006 |
Commentary
A Family in Need of Closurenew
More than five years after a young Nebraska woman was brutally murdered in Mississippi, her mother wants answers -- and her body back.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
02-03-2006 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Oh, Say Can We See?new
When Mamie Till Mobley decided to open her boy’s casket at his funeral in 1955 in Chicago, she exposed the result of an act that many thought would be the most horrible race crime imaginable.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
12-01-2005 |
Commentary
You Can Do Thatnew
Despite the mythologizing of Rosa Parks, she was human just like the rest of us. This very normal woman simply looked in the mirror and told herself, "You can do that" -- a simple act that is also necessary in today's difficult times.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
11-13-2005 |
Commentary
Evolution of a Man: Lifting the Hood in South Mississippinew
Old Ku Klux Klansmen, and their victims, today live together in South Mississippi. Many of them are learning how to get along with people they used to hate, as they are forced to confront their old ideas about justice.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Daddy Get Upnew
This son of Natchez wants justice for the 1967 Klan murder of his father.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Dear Meadvillenew
The Mississippi Klan killed Thomas Moore's brother Charles Eddie Moore 40 years ago, but he is still seeking justice. Now, he is trying to wake up his hometown.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Damned If We Don'tnew
Donna Ladd takes on a little ditty written by Shaila Dewan in The New York Times that belittled Southerners who are trying to confront their past.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-27-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Haley's Unholy Alliancenew
In his last gig, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour lobbied on behalf of an alliance of nursing-home chains for deregulation, tort reform and more Medicare spending. Now, the alliance is under indictment for funneling money through Tom Delay's TRMPAC in 2002—and Barbour's state is facing a nursing-home crisis.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-18-2005 |
Politics
Born to be a Thugnew
Young people are demonized in America: It pays to hate them, disparage them, ridicule them, stereotype them, profile them, arrest them, condescend to them, use them for votes and lead the evening news with them.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-13-2005 |
Commentary
Bennett and his Black Boysnew
Yes, William Bennett -- staunch Catholic, Bush I’s drug czar, Bush II’s ideological buddy, the author of best-selling books about morals and values -- said on his national radio show last week that aborting black babies would reduce crime.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-05-2005 |
Commentary
This is My Faultnew
Since Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast and thrust her spotlight on the abhorrent conditions of the poorest Americans, I have been pondering poverty. First, I got angry. But a month after Katrina, I’ve put aside the anger and realized where the blame really lies: It is my fault.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-29-2005 |
Commentary
Trying to Make It Rightnew
A Mississippi doctor passed along a racist e-mail that disparages black New Orleans evacuees -- and is now paying the price.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-29-2005 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Another Storm A'Brewin'new
After Katrina, insurance pay-offs are going to be tricky. Did those who lost their houses completely fare better than those with water lines around their walls?
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
09-15-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
