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
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
