AltWeeklies Wire
How Will You Celebrate Halloween?new
One fun aspect of Halloween each year is predicting which topical costumes you'll see all over the place.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
10-24-2013 |
Culture
Tags: Halloween
Racism Affects Families from Generation to Generationnew
In the 1940s and '50s, university segregation prevented many black and Latino GIs from obtaining higher education promised by the GI Bill.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Tags: GI Bill
What Is Racism? Why Meanings Matter in Conversations About Racenew
Generally speaking, semantics of race falls into two categories. Those who wish that conversation about it cease, arguing that "all that is behind us," tend to define various forms of prejudice, bigotry and racism as the exact same thing—usually followed by arguing that "everyone does it" as a way to end the effort at dialogue. This may or may not be done on purpose.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Tags: racism
Dialogue is Not Debatenew
It's easy to fall into a debate about race and racism, but debate usually hardens our positions, instead of opening us to the possibility of change.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Facts Matter; So Do Stereotypesnew
Disparities between whites and people of color in the United States, and Mississippi, are still wide, and they result from years of historic racism and inequality.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Crimes Against (Some) Americansnew
In the past 30 years, America's prison population has exploded. Since 1970, our prison population has risen 700 percent, and the U.S. now houses roughly 25 percent of all prisoners in the world, despite having only 5 percent of the world's population.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Question Itnew
One effective way to begin to understand our racial biases is to examine where they came from.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Let's Talk About Racenew
First and foremost, there can't be any discussion about race and racism unless you're willing to entertain the notion that it still exists—that we're not living in a "post-racial" society—and that racism continues to cause serious problems in America.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Taking Jobs from Blacks? Not so Muchnew
When Chokwe Lumumba was a new member of the Jackson City Council, he went looking for an answer to the dubious adage that undocumented immigrants performing low-skill jobs in the U.S. take jobs away native-born African Americans. Lumumba, who sponsored an anti-racial-profiling ordinance, turned to Dr. Steven Pitts, a labor policy expert at the University of California Berkeley Center of for Labor Research and Education.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
07-01-2013 |
Race & Class
Good Organic Gardening Advice—for the South?new
Take advantage of the plentiful organic growing advice in these books and more.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
01-05-2013 |
Gardening
Put a Cork in Itnew
Making your own wine corkboard is very easy and less expensive than those kits anyway. Just start with a fun and funky frame.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
01-05-2013 |
Art
The Best of 2012new
2012 has been a fantastic year for new music.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
12-14-2012 |
Music
Ole Miss Leaves MSU with Egg on Its Facenew
Even before Ole Miss’ 41-24 win over Mississippi State last Saturday, Hugh Freeze’s first season as Rebels head coach was a resounding success.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
11-30-2012 |
Sports
Cold Weather, Warm Kitchennew
I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with a great bowl of hearty chili or a big pot of chicken noodle soup, but I’d like to delve into something a little less traditional when it comes to cold weather foods, and that’s Creole cuisine.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
11-30-2012 |
Food+Drink
The Culture Wars, 20 Years Laternew
Whether he knew it or not, Pat Buchanan’s “culture war” speech over the role of women in society, same-sex marriage and abortion foreshadowed a battle that still rages today.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
11-30-2012 |
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