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
Can He Do It?new
Democrat Johnny DuPree could be Mississippi's first black governor, but the state's disorganized party raises questions.
Jackson Free Press |
Robbie Ward |
10-27-2011 |
Elections
Violent Criminals and Why They Killnew
Despite popular belief, violent criminals aren't born with a moral screw loose. They're not even turned into criminals because they grow up in single-parent homes.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
10-21-2011 |
Crime & Justice
Jim Hood Makes His Marknew
Mississippi's attorney general, the only Democrat holding a state office, fights for re-election.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
10-14-2011 |
Elections
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
Preparing for Battlenew
Cristen Hemmins is a rape victim who opposes Mississippi's proposed Personhood amendment.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
09-15-2011 |
The War on Women
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
Engineering Whimsynew
The Mississippi Museum of Art will open a public green space in downtown Jackson called the Art Garden.
Jackson Free Press |
Valerie Wells |
08-25-2011 |
Art
Put to the Testnew
Where the Mississippi gubernatorial candidates really stand on education.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
08-23-2011 |
Education
Measuring Progress: The Evolution of Downtown Jackson Partnersnew
City dwellers and business advocates have big dreams for their city, but things were rocky just 20 years ago in downtown Jackson.
Jackson Free Press |
Lacey McLaughlin |
08-08-2011 |
Housing & Development
Chairman Bryantnew
Will Mississippi elect a radical-right governor?
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
08-03-2011 |
Elections
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
To Gate or Not to Gate?new
Jackson residents could erect gates to their neighborhoods, and still have the city pay for their streets, under a proposed ordinance.
Jackson Free Press |
Adam Lynch |
06-02-2011 |
Housing & Development
Tags: Gated Communities
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
