AltWeeklies Wire
The Right Fuelnew
For serious runners and athletes, working out is a way of life rather than a means to an end.
Jackson Free Press |
Sara Sacks |
08-05-2012 |
Sports
The Ones They Haven't Made, Yetnew
Nigel Havers played Lord Andrew Lindsay in what many believe is the best film about Olympic athletes: 1981's "Chariots of Fire."
Jackson Free Press |
Anita Modak-Truran |
08-03-2012 |
Movies
Inside the Abortion Clinic Battlenew
The legal battle concerning the Jackson Women's Health Center.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
08-02-2012 |
The War on Women
Mississippi's Only Abortion Clinic Remains Opennew
A federal judge agreed to extend a temporary restraining order that allows the Jackson Women Health's Organization, Mississippi's only abortion clinic, to remain open.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave and Donna Ladd |
07-12-2012 |
Civil Liberties
Rally Protests Contraceptive Rulenew
American and Christian flags stood on equal footing in front of the U.S. Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., as about 60 people gathered to protest a rule that requires health-insurance plans to cover contraceptives.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-19-2012 |
The War on Women
Not So Young Gunsnew
I'm staring into the face of Marshal Wyatt Earp. It's not exactly as I remember him back when I was a 10-year-old would-be cowboy and Wyatt was on television every Tuesday night.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-19-2012 |
TV
Tags: The Virginian, Cowboys and Aliens
Mississippi Sticks with Private Prisonsnew
This summer, private-prisons company MTC will take over running three Mississippi Department of Corrections facilities from The GEO Group.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
06-14-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Private Prisons, Public Problemsnew
Sometime around 3 o'clock on May 20, a disturbance at the Adams County Correctional Center in Natchez, Miss., erupted into a full-scale melee.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
06-08-2012 |
Crime & Justice
Dr. Carl Reddix on 'Political Realities'new
Last summer, former Gov. Haley Barbour nominated Dr. Carl Reddix to serve on the state Board of Health. Reddix served on the board until April, when he learned the lieutenant governor had not referred his confirmation to the Senate Health Committee because of his ties to the Jackson Women's Health Organization, Mississippi's only abortion clinic.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-04-2012 |
The War on Women
Stolen Lives: Remembering the Tragedy of Slaverynew
A half moon disappeared as the sun rose out of the Atlantic Ocean on Sept. 1, 1832. The humid coastal winds filled the sails and carried the ship through the waves as J.W. Martin captained the Schooner Wild Cat, a 40-plus ton sailboat, out of the port of Charleston, S.C.
Among the tons of cargo, the ship carried six slaves, bound for new owners in New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Jacob Fuller |
06-01-2012 |
Race & Class
Arts on the Gulfnew
Silvery, coppery structures twist among old live oak trees near the shore of the Mississippi Sound, close to where the Biloxi SchoonÂer docks. This is the site of the Ohr-O'Keefe Museum of Art, a complex of buildings that includes four metallic pods that torque like ancient, hurricane-battered trees.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
05-24-2012 |
Art
Charter Schools Rock?new
Mississippi lawmakers' reticence to give charter schools a straight up-down vote may have a lot to do with the fact that most people don't have the vaguest inkling what the hell a charter school is.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
05-23-2012 |
Education
'Where I Am, You May Not Harm'new
Joan Chittister's voice fairly resonates with passion. Her broad smile belies a fierce intelligence and a barely disguised rage at injustice of any sort, especially over systemic injustices of poverty and the state of the world's women and children.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronn |
05-14-2012 |
Religion
Apron Strings to Executive Chefnew
Executive Chef Nick Wallace's mother, Susie Marshall, instilled a love of food and cooking into her son.
Jackson Free Press |
Tom Ramsey |
05-03-2012 |
Food+Drink
Tags: Nick Wallace chef
Amazing Teens: Students Making a Differencenew
If there is anything that is too often overlooked, it's just how many amazing young people there are in our communities.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Staff |
04-26-2012 |
Culture
