AltWeeklies Wire
Gas Ain't Forevernew
Mississippi has joined an initiative to find alternatives to fossil fuels.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
05-02-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
Christopher Walker Charged Againnew
Another of Mayor Frank Melton's young associates is back in trouble with the law.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Repugnant to the Constitutionnew
Last week, Melton attorneys subpoenaed JFP Managing Editor Brian Johnson, but Judge Joe Webster quashed the subpoena -- experts explain why.
Jackson Free Press |
Matt Saldaña |
04-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Webster: No Patience for 'Fluff'new
The judge presiding over Mayor Frank Melton's felony trial has a repuation for being fair but impatient.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
04-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Judge Denies Melton Defense Motionsnew
Friday the 13th was a dark day for Mayor Frank Melton's defense team as Judge Joe Webster threw out most of their motions, leaving his defense in tatters.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
04-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
A Drunken Rampage?new
New legal filings state that Mayor Frank Melton was intoxicated the night of the Ridgeway incident.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
04-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Frank's Boynew
At the heart of the approaching trial of Mayor Frank Melton is a young man named Michael Taylor.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
04-19-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Lost in Translationnew
The Clarion-Ledger can't even find a Jacksonian to talk with about "the future of Jackson." The worst corporate daily in the nation just keeps going downhill.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
04-12-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
Mississippi Defenseless in Federal Suitnew
Mississippi has announced it will settle a suit regarding widespread abuses in its foster care system. But the fate of children like John A. tell the real story.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
04-12-2007 |
Children & Families
Tags: children & families
'Eat or Get Ate' at Parchmannew
As the ACLU brings the Mississippi Department of Corrections back into court for abuses at Unit 32 in Parchman Prison, a former inmate who was exonerated and released describes a system where corrupt guards regularly abuse inmates.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
04-12-2007 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
'Balance' or Pandering?new
The Clarion-Ledger's version of balanced, "objective" reporting is Molly Ivins vs. Ann Coulter, the NAACP vs. the KKK.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
03-22-2007 |
Media
Tags: media
The Untold Story of African-American Resistance to the Klannew
Despite civil rights mythology, groups like the Deacons for Defense were advocating armed resistance long before the Black Power Movement, and they may even have had help from Malcolm X.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
03-22-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Charrette Leader: Make City 'Walkable'new
Andres Duany, godfather of new urbanism, helps Jackson sort through competing plans for development along the Pearl River basin.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
03-19-2007 |
Housing & Development
Tags: housing & development
The Parable of the Purloined E-mailnew
Jackson has made improvements in responding to public records requests, but the mayor's administration continues to deny requests on flimsy pretexts as one insider says: "Everybody's jumped ship but the rats."
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
03-19-2007 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Not So Fast, Suburbsnew
Former Mayor Harvey Johnson Jr. says the suburbs may be hoodwinking the city on upgrading the wastewater plant.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
03-09-2007 |
Environment
Tags: environment
