AltWeeklies Wire
Personhood: A Pandora’s Boxnew
Mississippi's Personhood Initiative is short: "Should the term 'person' be defined to include every human being from the moment of fertilization, cloning, or the equivalent thereof?" Legal and medical experts say the vague language could lead to chaos for women and families.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
11-03-2011 |
Policy Issues
Divided We Fall: The Killing of James Craig Andersonnew
In the aftermath of an alleged hate crime, a community examines itself about a troubled teenage bully and a legacy of racism.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
10-10-2011 |
Crime & Justice
News Wars: The Rise and Fall of The Clarion-Ledgernew
The Gannett-owned daily newspaper in Jackson, Miss., went from a racist rag to a Pulitzer winner in 1983. In the past 20 years, it's become a corporate paper that doesn't understand its readers.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
09-08-2011 |
Media
Johnny DuPree Aims to Win Mississippinew
Johnny DuPree needs 38 percent of the white vote to become the first black governor of Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
09-01-2011 |
Elections
Put to the Testnew
Where the Mississippi gubernatorial candidates really stand on education.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
08-23-2011 |
Education
Woman on a Missionnew
Standing an easy 6 feet tall in her fashionable beige wedge sandals, Center for Violence Prevention executive director Sandy Middleton is a cool mix of southern elegance and graciousness and resolute determination.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
07-08-2011 |
The War on Women
After the Floodnew
Pat Wilson heard the warnings, but she didn't really think the Mississippi River would reach her trailer. But on May 9, as Wilson watched water rush toward her property line, she realized she had only a small window to save her important belongings.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
06-02-2011 |
Disasters
Building a Creative Class in Mississippinew
Jackson's low cost of living, laid-back atmosphere and resurgence of urban dwellers make it a place where artists can thrive.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
05-27-2011 |
Culture
Parting the Curtain: 'Devil's Sanctuary' Tells the Story of Mississippi's Racismnew
Magnolia State residents "have a long history of being against whatever the rest of the nation is for," the authors write in Devil’s Sanctuary: an Eyewitness History of Mississippi Hate Crimes. Their self-evident truths did not include equality—not for the slaves imported into the state and not for the Native Americans exported out.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
07-09-2009 |
Nonfiction
Budget Battle Shows Barbour's Mettlenew
The Mississippi state budget negotiations were like a summer blockbuster: expensive, full of strong language, boring and too long. Gov. Haley Barbour played a starring role, and like any diva, he got what he wanted much of the time.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
A Mississippi Senator's Connection to a White Supremacist Groupnew
Mississippians react to state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol's being the "surprise" guest speaker at the annual white supremacist Council of Conservative Citizens conference.
Jackson Free Press |
Ward Schaefer |
07-09-2009 |
Politics
Project Dribblenew
The case for nuclear disarmament, taking another step away from the brink.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
03-27-2009 |
Commentary
Ode to Ms. Wilsonnew
Maggie Neff recalls the first time she heard Grammy winner (and native Mississippian) Cassandra Wilson.
Jackson Free Press |
Maggie Neff |
02-19-2009 |
Commentary
Tags: Mississippi, Cassandra Wilson
Protect Workers' Rights -- Enact the Employee Free Choice Actnew
It's time to level the economic playing field by encouraging workers to organize and enacting the Employee Free Choice Act.
Jackson Free Press |
Bill Chandler |
02-13-2009 |
Commentary
Rate of New HIV Cases in Mississippi is On the Risenew
Men represent approximately 70 percent of all those infected with HIV in Mississippi, and African American men represent 75 percent of new infections in men. Direct funding to prevent HIV infection in men represents only approximately 28 percent of HIV funding in Mississippi.
Jackson Free Press |
Sarah Young |
11-25-2008 |
Commentary
