AltWeeklies Wire
Trustmark Settles Suit Over Feesnew
If you've banked with Trustmark National Bank in the past few years, you could soon collect a sort of New Year's bonus.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
12-27-2013 |
Business & Labor
Killing Quardious Thomas: A Castle Doctrine Case Studynew
Mississippi's Castle Doctrine spells out a range of circumstances in which homicide may be justified.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
12-13-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: Quardious Thomas
No Comfort in ‘12 Years a Slave’new
In “12 Years a Slave,” Chiwetel Ejiofor takes on the story of Solomon Northup.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
11-22-2013 |
Movies
Tags: Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave
Slave to the Payday Lendernew
Although some states are tightening restrictions on quick-loan businesses, Mississippi's lawmakers have had a large hand in helping the industry expand.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-16-2013 |
Business & Labor
Gay Marriage Rulings Raise Questionsnew
Some LGBTQ activists believe the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision on marriage equality opens the door to making gay people a “protected class” under federal law.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
07-16-2013 |
LGBT
Tags: LGBTQ
Memories of Medgarnew
Medgar Evers seemed to know his life was drawing to a close.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
06-06-2013 |
Civil Liberties
The Nuclear Optionnew
An international trade group doesn’t believe Mississippi should pass a law that would require the Public Employee Retirement System to pull certain investments that have ties with Iran.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
02-21-2013 |
International
From Dixie With Slugsnew
Thomas Wortham IV, a Chicago police officer and Iraq war veteran, was killed during a 2010 shootout with a gun traced to Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
01-17-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Guns: A Public Health Crisis?new
Despite the pervasive notion that guns make people safer, science suggests otherwise.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
01-17-2013 |
Crime & Justice
Night Ridersnew
Federal prosecutors say a white Rankin County gang's spree of race-fueled violence resulted in the death of James Craig Anderson, a black man, in June 2011.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
01-11-2013 |
Race & Class
Seven Hospitals Deny Mississippi Abortion Clinicnew
The last clinic where Mississippi women can get an abortion is once again in peril.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
11-30-2012 |
The War on Women
Tags: Abortion in Mississippi
Finger Scanners Spark Concernsnew
Parents and child-care providers have concerns about a new state program that requires a finger scan when picking up or dropping off kids at day care.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
10-01-2012 |
Policy Issues
Raising and Spendingnew
The way Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker is raising campaign cash, you would think his opponent was former Vice President Al Gore, not retired preacher Albert N. Gore Jr.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave and Dylan Watson |
10-01-2012 |
Commentary
Isaac Churns Up Oil, Questionsnew
Hurricane Isaac disturbed oil from the 2010 BP disaster, washed up on Gulf beaches.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
09-16-2012 |
Disasters
Tags: Hurricane Isaac
