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Veterans Suicide Prevention Act
Please contact your U.S. representative and ask him to vote for HR 327. If you haven't already, read the story of Jonathan Schulze and you will see how important this …
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ARTICLE: Disney first: black princess in animated film
The list of Disney princesses include Jasmine, Mulan and Pocahontas. Now, Maddy will be making her entrance around 2009.
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A Desperate Need for Comic Relief
The recent Melton controversy and my bout with sinusitis has taken its toll. In my search for something else, I think I found it. I've seen it before, but who …
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BREAKING: Council Cocks the Trigger
The Tuesday night City Council meeting devolved into chaos when council members attempted to read aloud a list of very pointed questions to City Attorney Sarah O'Reilly-Evans.
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ARTICLE: Young Marine Dies Of PTSD - And Neglect
Jonathan Schulze was a United States Marine.
A soldier survives active duty in Iraq only to discover that when he becomes suicidal, he can't get treatment at the VA Center because he's number 26 on the waiting …
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You're From the South?
A few nights ago, at a reading for the book "Other People's Property" (supposedly a book about being white and loving hip-hop), a guy said, "Violent rap doesn't exist anymore. …
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ARTICLE: The Mental Health Parity Bill Finally Passes the First Hurdle
(verbatim from e-mail from the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)
Guys, please do me a favor and click on the link in this article. Let our senators know that supporting this legislation is critical. The lives of many who suffer …
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Where I Want To Be
There wasn't much run-around, as there can be with some celebrity personalities. Setting up the time to interview Mississippi's son David Banner was a fairly easy process. Truthfully, it wasn't …
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The Lawyers and the Statistician
Day three of the Michael Ellis termination hearing resumed on Wednesday, Feb. 14, with Ellis' attorney Lisa Ross concluding her cross-examination of Charlie Bonds, Jackson Public Schools executive director of …
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[Gregory] You Call That Music?
My friends often make smart-ass comments about my taste in music. I write this sentence as Babs wails "Moon River" in the background, and my cats look at me distastefully …
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A Special Reunion Weekend
This past summer, I met my older brother for the first time. He was the product of a previous relationship my dad had, and although I knew he existed, I …
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The Lawyers and the Statistician
By day three of the Michael Ellis termination hearing, the Ellis women had moved up to the first row of the hearing room. They wore apparel appropriate for Valentine's Day—a …
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Unholstered: A Greenwood Family Fights For Its Rights
The bell rang for fifth period at Greenwood High School, and James Marshall walked to class. The 17-year-old wore his throwback Dave Wilcox jersey that his mom had bought him, …
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The Recruiting Racket
The mania of college football recruiting in the South is peculiar. Like fantasy football, recruiting is an outgrowth from the game that somehow manages occasionally to supersede it. If you're …
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James Ford Seale: A Trail of Documents Tells the Story
James Ford Seale was walking tall and chewing on a cigar as he appeared before a subcommittee of the Committee on Un-American Activities on Jan. 14, 1966, at 11:35 a.m. …
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Dirty Tricks Against Obama ... Already
Per Joe Conason over at Salon, the right-wing machine is pulling some old dirty tricks out of its archive:
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We're Sorry for the Murders of Dee and Moore
See full JFP Dee-Moore archive here.
When Thomas Moore came back to Mississippi in July 2005 looking for justice for the 1964 murders of his brother, Charles, and his friend, Henry Dee, he didn't know if …
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