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[McLemore] Red and Blue Quandary
If college has done anything for me, it has piqued my interest in politics. This year for the first time, I truly invested in the state and local elections. I …
[Balko] Scenes From a Crackdown
Police overkill, such as that displayed at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh, is becoming more common every day.
[Carter] Standing in Solidarity
The morning of Feb. 12, 2008, was sobering for the students of E. O. Green School, in Oxnard, Calif. At 8:15 a.m., 8th-grade student Brandon McInerney walked into a computer …
Melton Protégé History Complicated
Mayor Frank Melton says he will be waiting for Michael Taylor to get out of prison, probably before he is 21. "He is too good of a kid to give …
[Balko] That Other War
Drug War deaths show that the Verndun mentality continues to thrive in America's effort to protect its citizens from themselves. Law enforcement officials shrug off the deaths of innocents and …
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 …
JFP Interview: Keith Beauchamp
Telling The Untold Story
Keith Beauchamp, 34, has spent the last 10 years of his life investigating the brutal murder of Emmett Louis Till in Money, Miss., in 1955. Till, 14, was visiting relatives …
Traveling Taste Buds
In 1998 my husband and I went to Albania and worked with a church that was housing refugees from Kosovo. Being in a communist country was like going from life …
It Won't Happen to Me
Why George Bell III stopped bludgeoning Heather Spencer on that June night is anyone's guess. Perhaps his hammer slipped out of his hand as Spencer's blood made it slick. Perhaps …
Good Times with Recio & the Gang
Michael Recio was big and hulking and provided decent cover for a reporter who wasn't used to walking up to people's homes unannounced in the middle of the night. I …
[Spirituality] Children of Abraham
This past May, along with 16 other Mississippians, I participated in a 10-day tour of Turkey at the invitation of the Institute for Interfaith Dialogue, an organization composed primarily of …
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Secrets & Lies: GOP Accused of Political Prosecutions
Prosecutions of a Mississippi Supreme Court justice and a wealthy Gulf Coast attorney are at the center a spectacular congressional investigation of political prosecution.
WIGGS: Sweet Potato Power
<i>What one Jackson man gleans from the Sweet Potato madness. </i>
My mother and father each grew up with sisters and started off wanting some boys to balance the genealogical mix a bit. They wound up with four sons. "Be careful …
[Lee] My Health Is At Stake
In 2008, I was living in Colorado and facing a ballot initiative known as Amendment 48 to the state Constitution. It aims to define personhood as beginning at the moment …
A Great Ride
After nine years with one company, I got a pink slip. It was inevitable. The company had been sold several times, and with each takeover, my department's budget and staff …
[Balko] Drug Warriors Want Your Assets
The Supreme Court reviews Illinois' awful asset forfeiture law.
Enforce the Ordinance
A community rights organization is accusing the city of ignoring a city ordinance approved last year. The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, known as ACORN, devised and lobbied …
‘Thine is the Kingdom'
At the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, a large 307-pound man clad in a red prison jumpsuit lies on his back on a gurney. Seven straps cover Paul Everette Woodward: …
Communication, Please
Melvin Priester Sr. believes better communication can make the Hinds County judiciary more efficient.
Two Lakes Back on the Table
Engineers favoring a plan to flood the Pearl River and create a myriad of islands say the plan will be cheaper than a similar plan involving a smaller lake and …
