AltWeeklies Wire
Driving While Young: Why a City's Curfew Isn't All Thatnew
When she got up the morning of July 10, 2003, Leslie Berryhill did not know she was going to face the "scariest thing" of her short life. But the Jackson, Miss., youth curfew had landed the 17-year-old in jail -- and no one called to tell her frightened parents anything about it.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-13-2005 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
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
Catch that Northwestern Buzznew
Washington state isn't just good for churning out grunge hits; the state is also known for making a helluva good selection of wines.
Jackson Free Press |
Lesley Tolar McHardy |
10-06-2005 |
Food+Drink
Domestic Disturbancenew
In "Violence," Cronenberg has created a hellish masterpiece.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
10-05-2005 |
Reviews
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
Strange Lovenew
While Corpse Bride is visually arresting and exceptionally witty, the characters and story are curiously uninvolving, and the movie’s scant 75-minute length, though time well spent, seems much more protracted.
Jackson Free Press |
Paul Dearing |
09-29-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tim Burton, The Corpse Bride
Learn From Our Mistakesnew
When monumental ideas occur from the most extreme of circumstances, government has delivered in the moment, but as the passions wane, so does the follow-through.
Jackson Free Press |
Rep. Erik R. Fleming |
09-29-2005 |
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
"No Apologies: Inside Mississippi's Pro-Life Movement"new
AltWeeklies Award - Feature Story
Jackson Free Press |
Casey Parks |
09-29-2005 |
Media
Tags: media
Daisy Duke Can't Cooknew
Being able to cook was once a commodity on the marriage market, so much so that disgruntled husbands who settled for less than a buxom bimbo comforted themselves with a good buttermilk biscuit.
Jackson Free Press |
Jesse Yancy |
09-29-2005 |
Food+Drink
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
Help Is On The Way!new
Ray Nagin to Miss Ernestine: "Your jokes are tired. If something doesn’t happen now, I’m gonna get rowdy, loud and BLACK! You feel me?”
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
09-29-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
To Whom It May Concernnew
Dear F.E.M.A.: This is Brotha Hustle applying for a job with your organization. I figure if Mr. Brown can get a job with ya, so can I. Please check out my resume!
Jackson Free Press |
Ken Stiggers |
09-22-2005 |
Comedy
Tags: humor & satire
You Can't Beat a Meat Thermometernew
There's just no way to describe the usefulness of a meat thermometer without sounding clinical, as in "use this essential kitchen tool properly, and you won’t end up in the clinic under the influence of the salmonella and e. coli that can result from undercooked meat."
Jackson Free Press |
Lynette Hanson |
09-22-2005 |
Food+Drink
Gone With the Windnew
Three weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood unleashed a storm of his own by announcing a civil action against some members of the insurance industry, declaring that provisions excluding flood damage from the policies of hurricane victims are void and unenforceable.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
09-22-2005 |
Disasters
Tags: disasters
