AltWeeklies Wire
Fight For Women, Not Against Themnew
If our politicians are truly concerned about protecting women and children, they should abandon their relentless assault on abortion rights and tackle the real issues facing girls and women in this state.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
08-07-2014 |
The War on Women
Help Children, Don’t Attack Themnew
The situation at the U.S.-Mexico border, where thousands of Central American children are being detained, is grave.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
07-24-2014 |
Immigration
Justice System Should Help, Not Just Punishnew
Due to a tragic confluence of a lumbering criminal-justice system that gives prosecutors preference over defendants and ignores the sometimes obvious mental health challenges of the people it locks up, the lives of Larry David McLaurin and Markuieze Bennett ended in the Raymond Detention Center.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
05-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
What's Wrong with the GOP?new
There is something wrong with the Republican Party.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
07-26-2013 |
Commentary
Martin, Zimmerman Should Give Pausenew
In the rush to approve whatever new gun law the NRA happens to be pushing at the time, legislators forget that the laws they create will lead to real-world confrontations, leaving teenaged boys and grown men with guns to figure out the limits of the law among themselves under the darkness of night skies.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
07-18-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Put Funds into Education, Not Guardsnew
Last week, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves went on the record to push the National Rifle Association's pro-gun agenda in Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
01-17-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Remember Who Pays the Billnew
At the heart of every political decision, real people will be affected. No political ideology should ever take the place of doing what's best and right for the people--not to mention the state's economic strength.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
01-11-2013 |
Commentary
Get Back to Work, Congressnew
Last Thursday, Republican House Majority Leader Rep. John Boehner sent his party home and effectively adjourned the U.S. House of Representatives for the holidays. In his wake, he left the GOP—and much of the nation—disheveled and rudderless regarding the nation's so-called fiscal cliff.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
12-27-2012 |
Commentary
An Artful Approach to Learningnew
Each time the Jackson Free Press publishes one of the four annual arts preview issues, we are reminded of the immense diversity and wealth of talent that abounds in Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
12-07-2012 |
Art
Stinker Quote of the Week: "Suppressing"new
Once again, it seems that a conservative is attempting to appropriate words and change history.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
11-16-2012 |
Commentary
GOP Must Help Us Pay for Bush's Promisesnew
Regardless of your opinion on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the undeniable truth is that these wars have cost us a great deal of money.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
11-16-2012 |
Commentary
Voting Suppression Must be National Prioritynew
The electorate lost big when it came to how elections were handled right here in Hinds County and beyond.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
11-09-2012 |
Commentary
Endorsement: Barack Obama and Joe Bidennew
It’s been a harrowing four years for the country as we’ve ridden out the Great Recession.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
11-01-2012 |
Elections
