AltWeeklies Wire
Honor the Treenew
Using leftover vegetation and leaves from your yard and neighbors’ as compost will help prepare your garden for spring.
Jackson Free Press |
Jim Pathfinder Ewing |
10-11-2012 |
Gardening
Election 2012, Illustrated: Debt and Jobsnew
In an election year, the one thing that is curiously missing are facts. They are often misquoted, embellished, or to the point of being completely ignored.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
10-11-2012 |
Elections
A Stupendous Mechanismnew
Tim Burton pays homage to classic monster films with “Frankenweenie.”
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
10-11-2012 |
Reviews
Who Dat Tailgatenew
Easy muffalettas are perfect for a weekend of watching the Saints.
Jackson Free Press |
Jane Flood |
10-11-2012 |
Food+Drink
All Labor Has Worthnew
Josh Dedmond, Monica Atkins, Tyson Jackson and other Jackson-area members of the newly formed Mississippi Student Justice Alliance are planning an “I Am” labor-and-civil rights conference in Jackson in late November.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
10-11-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Closing the Loopnew
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis are captivating as young and old versions of the same character in "Looper."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
10-06-2012 |
Reviews
Twisted Tailgate Nachosnew
Amia Edwards shakes up plain nachos with seafood and Middle Eastern spices for a twist on the old classic.
Jackson Free Press |
Manivanh Chanprasith |
10-05-2012 |
Food+Drink
Mississippi Women's Turn: Can't They Break the Political Ceiling?new
Alyce Clarke believes that many of the problems women continue to face could be resolved if more women held elected positions, which stands at about 17 percent nationwide. Of 174 seats in the Mississippi Legislature, women hold 29—16.7 percent.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
10-05-2012 |
The War on Women
Not Just a White Thingnew
"I'm not sure how many of my sisters truly understand that there is a War on Women happening right before our eyes."
Jackson Free Press |
Queen Folyan |
10-05-2012 |
The War on Women
The Delusion and Paranoia of 'Obama's America 2016'new
Dinesh D'Souza's documentary makes tenous connections between Obama and a myriad of global evils.
Jackson Free Press |
Brian Johnson |
10-05-2012 |
Commentary
Cheers to an Ally!new
"But this article also speaks in a larger sense to those in the Republican Party who profess not to be homophobic privately but stand by silently and enable their party to be run to appeal to the many homophobic bigots (a redundant term for the dunderheads who direct social policy for the GOP) in the party's base. Enabling bigotry when one is not a bigot is even worse to me."
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
10-05-2012 |
LGBT
Raising an Armynew
"Half the Sky" is about the severe problems women face around the world. It is chilling, covering routine violence spanning from the sex trafficking and gang rape of toddlers in Cambodia to the routine rape of young women in Sierra Leone.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-05-2012 |
Commentary
The United States of Anorexianew
"No wonder we are a nation of eating disorders. If these bodies are 'natural' then, in addition to liposuction, so is anorexia and so is bulimia—all in an attempt to fulfill an impossible ideal."
Jackson Free Press |
Jim Pathfinder Ewing |
10-05-2012 |
Health
A Mad Insurrectionnew
Fifty years ago this week, James Meredith integrated Ole Miss, causing violent upheaval. Here are three books from men in the thick of the uprising.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-01-2012 |
Nonfiction
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
