:: cover stories

Mississippi Maestro

by Hannah Jones
February 29, 2012

Maestro Crafton Beck stands in front of the skilled musicians in the Mississippi Symphony Orchestra. Beck, 55, stands over the 65 musicians seated in a sea of string, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments. The orchestra consists of full- and part-time…
 
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Six Decades of Music

by Hannah Jones
February 29, 2012

As 1944 dawned, the course of World War II was turning in the Allies' favor. On the home front, Jackson's population of 70,000 coped with sugar, shoe, gasoline and tire rationing. But wartime restrictions couldn't dampen the city's enthusiasm for…
 
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The JFP Interview with Steve Holland

by R.L. Nave
February 22, 2012

For R.L.'s interview with Joey Fillingane, click here.

In a matter of 24 hours, Steve Holland went from seemingly being the director of "Punk'd: Mississippi Edition" to directing funerals.

 
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The JFP Interview with Joey Fillingane

by R.L. Nave
February 22, 2012

For R.L.'s interview with Steve Holland, click here.

It's Valentine's Day, and everyone seems to be courting Sen. Joey Fillingane. Just two days before Mississippi's Feb. 16 legislation draft deadline, his secretary and gatekeeper has…
 
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Education:  A Strong State Economy Starts Here

by Elizabeth Waibel
February 15, 2012

Janice Parker was 15 when she had her daughter, Adrianna. She had a supportive family and teachers at Lanier High School, but she dropped out of school anyway due to "lack of motivation," she says.

 
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Love

February 8, 2012

Ah, romance! It’s an emotion that has inspired symphonies, poetry and monstrous, fluffy pink teddy bears. As Valentine’s Day nears, here’s some advice for people playing the dating game, longtime couples looking to renew their romance and singles drowning in aisles of red flowers…
 
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Presidential Pardons Heavily Favor Whites

by Dafna Linzer and Jennifer LaFleur, ProPublica, (written Dec. 3, 2011, 11 p.m.)
February 1, 2012

White criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities, a ProPublica examination has found.
 
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Mississippi Pardongate: What’s Next?

By R.L. Nave
February 1, 2012

When state investigators caught up to convicted murderer Joseph Ozment Sunday night, he was living in a Laramie, Wyo., hotel and driving the Mercedes-Benz of his fiancée, LaChina Tillman, an engineer with defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman.

 
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The Barbour Pardons: How We Got Here

by R.L. Nave and Ronni Mott
February 1, 2012

July 2008: Gov. Haley Barbour grants clemency to five convicted criminals assigned to work in the governor's mansion by the Mississippi Department of Corrections after reducing their status' to minimum security: Michael Graham, Clarence Jones, Paul Warnock,…
 
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The Color of Clemency

by R.L. Nave
February 1, 2012

Mississippi's pardon process isn't race-blind, either. A Reuters analysis, completed by Himanshu Ojha, Marcus Stern and Jackson Free Press stringer Robbie Ward, found that the more than 200 acts of clemency former Gov. Haley Barbour granted during his tenure helped…
 
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