AltWeeklies Wire
White Privilege Is Realnew
The very idea that we can't even agree that simply being white in America comes with privilege indicates that we have limited ability to relate as human beings.
Jackson Free Press |
Funmi F. Franklin |
06-25-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Women: A Catalyst for Changenew
In an exhibit titled "Women: Agents of Change in the American Civil Rights Movement," Jackson State University offers a glimpse into the documentary photography of Dr. Doris A. Derby.
Jackson Free Press |
LaTonya Miller |
06-13-2014 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: Women
Hope for Harper Gracenew
Cannabidiol, derived from the cannabis plant, may help with diseases such as Dravet Syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy.
Jackson Free Press |
Ronni Mott |
06-06-2014 |
Health
Tags: cannabidiol
A Bust for Barbour’s Corporate Welfarenew
Chiquita, known as the United Fruit Company before that name became synonymous with political bullying and corruption in Latin America, announced recently that it was moving its operation at the Port of Gulfport to New Orleans.
Jackson Free Press |
Joe Atkins |
06-06-2014 |
Business & Labor
On the EastSidenew
With the Kickstarter campaign for “EastSiders” complete, Kit Williamson wants to make the web series bigger and better than ever.
Jackson Free Press |
Zack Orsborn |
05-22-2014 |
LGBT
HRC: Why LGBT Moves Like Waveland's Are Vitalnew
Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign and at the microphone, is a southerner and hopes to bring equality to Mississippi and other southern states.
Jackson Free Press |
Haley Ferretti |
05-22-2014 |
LGBT
Casinos, LGBTs Still Allied in Face of SB 2681new
MGM Resorts, which owns the Beau Rivage in Biloxi, will remain committed to workplace equality despite a Mississippi law that many say is discriminatory.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
05-22-2014 |
LGBT
Justice System Should Help, Not Just Punishnew
Due to a tragic confluence of a lumbering criminal-justice system that gives prosecutors preference over defendants and ignores the sometimes obvious mental health challenges of the people it locks up, the lives of Larry David McLaurin and Markuieze Bennett ended in the Raymond Detention Center.
Jackson Free Press |
JFP Editorial Board |
05-16-2014 |
Crime & Justice
Teen Pregnancy, Misunderstoodnew
The real things that cause teens to get pregnant are the exact problems he doesn't want to address— poverty, underfunded education and lack of access to quality, nonjudgmental health care.
Jackson Free Press |
Laurie Bertram Roberts |
05-16-2014 |
Children & Families
AFA Bearing False Witness Against Businesses?new
This past week, the American Family Association put out an "action item" that accuses the "We Don't Discriminate" campaign of being ... discriminatory.
Jackson Free Press |
Todd Stauffer |
05-16-2014 |
LGBT
How LGBTQ Supporters Are Working to Bring Change to Mississippinew
Mississippi's public outcry began with a quiet effort to give businesses the right to refuse service to LGBTQ customers.
Jackson Free Press |
Haley Ferretti |
05-02-2014 |
LGBT
Tags: Mississippi LGBT
Lance Bass on God, Being Gay and Loving His Sweet Mamanew
Two years after I graduated from high school in 2004, Lance Bass came out of the closet on the cover of People Magazine. His revelation struck a chord for me not just because he was a celebrity, as one-fifth of the world-famous pop group 'N Sync, but because he was from Clinton, Miss. As far as I knew growing up, there were no gay people in Clinton.
Jackson Free Press |
Kit Williamson |
05-01-2014 |
LGBT
Discrimination Isn’t ‘Religious Freedom’new
You do not have religious freedom if every single American doesn't have it, too, including those you believe are heathens and sinners.
Jackson Free Press |
Donna Ladd |
05-01-2014 |
LGBT
Random Acts of Lovenew
I've long maintained that I don't care for public displays of affection. I've said it countless times to two long-term boyfriends, a few suitors and my husband. By turning my nose up at other couples, I've been able to hide my fear of being spotted.
Jackson Free Press |
Eddie Outlaw |
05-01-2014 |
LGBT
I Am A Feministnew
We need to remind women of all races, ages and creeds that it is absolutely OK to ask for equality.
Jackson Free Press |
Savannah Hunter |
04-25-2014 |
The War on Women
