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Editor's Note
Stonewall, Jackson and the Little Moments that Matter Most
I've had more encounters with police in the three and a half years I've lived in Mississippi than ever before in my life.
City & County
Tannehill: ‘You Deserve to Feel Safe’
Les Tannehill, a private investigator and newlywed to wife of 16 months, Renee, recently talked to the Jackson Free Press about why he should be the new sheriff in town.
Civil Rights
Oppression and the Power of Elections
University of Mississippi's decision to lower the state flag shows that there is power in symbols and a tremendous amount of power in people coming together to demand that symbols …
State
Stalemate at the Jail
The inability to come to a consensus over fixing Raymond Detention Center was again thrust into the spotlight recently following a scathing report of a Hinds County grand jury that …
City & County
Profile: Chokwe Lumumba
Now, Chokwe Lumumba devotes a good deal of time talking about his family's own diverse racial heritage, the camaraderie he experienced among fellow basketballers of all races and nationalities, the …
Politics
Problems Persist in First Half of Election Day
Dozens of gold-shirted volunteers at the NAACP's Protect the Vote headquarters are busily fielding a steady stream of calls from across the state to the organization's voter helpline.
Politics
Are Executions Breaking MDOC’s Bank?
Starting in July, the Mississippi Department of Corrections will have four fewer community work centers, which provide inmate labor to local governments.
Person of the Day
Willie Heidelberg
Willie Heidelberg's courageousness is best exemplified by an event in 1970 when the University of Southern Mississippi defeated Ole Miss 30-14 in what stands to this day as one of …
National
GOP Divided in Mississippi, Nationwide
If one lesson that came out of the recent showdown over opening the federal government and paying the nation's bills, it's that deep fissures persist within the Republican Party.
Education
Committee Shuffle Clears Way for Charters
The first salvo in the coming battle over charter schools in Mississippi came this week when House Speaker Philip Gunn, R-Clinton, shuffled the pieces of a key legislative committee.
City & County
Yarber Unveils 'Side Lot' Program to Boost Land Ownership
Soon, Jackson homeowners who have been keeping overgrown lots near their homes neat and trimmed might be able to reap some reward from all that hard work.
Business
Uber Safety, Fairness Back Before City Council
When it comes to regulating Uber—and other transportation network companies that might follow—the Jackson City Council is walking a fine line.
Jacksonian
Sen. Hillman Frazier
Today, Sen. Hillman Frazier's office on the first floor of the Capitol is a shrine to his more than three decades in public service.
Business
City’s Biz Customer Service Under Fire
Tom Ramsey points to the slow pace of the Capitol Street two-waying project and what seems like the omnipresence of city meter readers during the lunch hour on Congress Street …
City & County
How to Save a Zoo
De'Keither Stamps picked the zoo over the circus—of the Jackson mayor's race.
Politics
GOP's Mike Hurst: AG Jim Hood 'Blind' to Public Corruption
Mike Hurst, the Republican nominee for Mississippi attorney general, along with a local sheriff, says Democratic incumbent state AG Jim Hood "turned a blind eye to the problems with public …
Person of the Day
Neil Carter
Neil Carter has the distinction of writing about secular humanism while living in the reddest of Deep South states. Being a former evangelical makes him even more of a novelty.
City & County
JPD Remembers Fallen Police, Stresses Trust Building
After hoisting a crisp new American flag above Jackson police headquarters, Jackson's top law-enforcement officials remembered officers who've fallen in the line of duty.
Jacksonian
Marquis 'Keke' Lowe
When Marquis 'Keke' Lowe entered sixth grade he became involved with the Algebra Project, a program that Mississippi Freedom Summer leader Bob Moses founded that evolved into the Young People's …
Health Care
HIV/AIDS in Miss.: 'A Terrible Curse'
Being diagnosed with HIV is no longer the life sentence it was once was. But for those living with the virus in Mississippi, having HIV/AIDS remains a terrible curse, said …
