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In God He Trusts:
The JFP Interview With Jim Wallis

by John Sawyer
Photo courtesy of Jim Wallis
March 23, 2005

Jim Wallis isn't your typical evangelical. Imagine Jimmy Carter, but scratch the accent. Thirty years ago, he founded Sojourners magazine, which covers issues on faith, politics and culture. In his time as…
 
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Crossroads Film Festival: Mississippi Filmmakers On Screen

by Thabi Moyo
March 30, 2005

We all know that Mississippi is the "crossroads" where the blues were born. But, of late, the state is coming into its creative own in many artistic areas. Film is one of our new frontiers.
 
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[Crossroads] JFP Picks & Reviews

by Walker Sampson, Donna Ladd, and Jesse Yancy
March 30, 2005

The first review is an online exclusive.

Free the Land
Whether you've already bought into the anti-corporate, "Think Global, Shop Local" mantra, or you're just trying to figure out what all…
 
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Dish: Robert Mugge

by Lynette Hanson
March 30, 2005

Bob Mugge, 54, born in Chicago to parents from the Deep South, has traveled the region, filming the music he loves for over 30 years.
 
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Operation Downgrade

by Brett Potter
Photo by Thabi Moyo
March 23, 2005

Gov. Haley Barbour's "Mississippi Education Reform Act of 2005," SB 2504, finally passed in the House of Representatives in early March, after living in the shadow of a looming Medicaid crisis. But…
 
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W-O-M-E-N: In Mississippi, Are Girls On The Side?

by Casey Parks
Photo by Thabi Moyo
March 16, 2005

Just a generation ago, most Mississippi women were facing an M.R.S. degree. "In 1969, graduating from Millsaps, your choice was to become a teacher or a nurse or go to grad school so…
 
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The World of Queendom: A Primer

by Emily Braden
Photo by Tom Joynt
March 16, 2005

So you wannabe a wannabe. Congratulations. By inviting the spirit of the Sweet Potato Queens into your heart, you have committed yourself to a lifetime of fun and laughter and "unbridled joy." Gone…
 
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What’s In A Name?

by Daniel Townsend
Sign illustration by Davin Lassiter
March 9, 2005

Quick. Why did John R. Lynch get a street around Jackson State University named after him? Who is Forrest County named after? How about Duling Avenue in Fondren? Or Alcorn State University? 
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Mondo County, Only One Rock Star, Highways of Heroes, and Crispy Critter

by Daniel Townsend, Lynette Hanson, and Brett Potter
Photo by Lynette Hanson
March 9, 2005

Mondo County

Some place names in Mississippi are comical, and some are just plain bizarre.

 
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Dean Does Dixie

Casey Parks interviews Howard Dean, Charles Evers and the head of the Jackson State University Young Democrats about race politics in the South.

by Casey Parks
March 1, 2005
*JFP Exclusive*

This story is available at this link.
 
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