by Brett Potter
January 19, 2005
Pulling into the parking lot of the Baton Rouge Marine Institute, you wouldn't think of it as a building that kids walk in and out of daily that changes their lives. It was a YMCA before it became the BRMI…
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Jackson’s Young Influentials 2005
by Skyla Dawn Luckey, Ayana Taylor, Brett Potter, Catherine Womack, Natalie Irby, Robert Williamson, Jessica Kinnison, and Randy Perkins
January 13, 2005
Jackson is filled with young people working hard to make a difference in their city and their world—and influencing others to do the…
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January 13, 2005
Jackson is filled with young people working hard to make a difference in their city and their world—and influencing others to do the…
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Capitol Report: Will They Or Won’t They?
By Brett Potter
January 13, 2005
The Legislature only has until Jan. 31 to decide whether it will reinstate the Medicaid benefits taken from 50,000 people characterized as Poverty Level, Aged and Disabled (PLADs) last session. This deadline is a strict one, set under a court…
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January 13, 2005
The Legislature only has until Jan. 31 to decide whether it will reinstate the Medicaid benefits taken from 50,000 people characterized as Poverty Level, Aged and Disabled (PLADs) last session. This deadline is a strict one, set under a court…
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Capitol Burning: The War Between the Branches
by Brett Potter
January 6, 2005
Mississippi is known for many things: great authors, beautiful antebellum plantations, Sweet Potato Queens, civil rights troubles and a ridiculously tight state budget. In the poorest state in the country, how health care and education and other social programs will…
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January 6, 2005
Mississippi is known for many things: great authors, beautiful antebellum plantations, Sweet Potato Queens, civil rights troubles and a ridiculously tight state budget. In the poorest state in the country, how health care and education and other social programs will…
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Hear No Truth: The 10 Most Censored Mississippi Stories
by Donna LaddIllustration by Drew Ford
January 06, 2005
It's an open secret that here in the Jackson area and in the state at large we suffer from superficial, incomplete, unfactual and sometimes non-existent coverage of vital news stories. We all know this…
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Action, Take 8: Jackson Filmmakers to Watch
Photo by TC PerkinsDecember 23, 2004
There is no typical Jackson filmmaker. It's easy to see this just by looking at the work, and hairstyles, of our eight featured filmmakers. Rick Moore calls himself "just a regular guy," yet he runs the very successful…
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[The JFP Interview] Ross Olivier Comforts and Afflicts
by Casey ParksPhoto courtesy of Ross Oliver
December 23, 2004
Soft-voiced but thickly accented, Ross Olivier, 49, is a man of dedication. He was dedicated when he led 23 congregations in apartheid-ridden South Africa, and he's dedicated now as the lead minister at…
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Rise of the ‘Religious Left’
by Casey ParksPhoto by Thabi Moyo
December 9, 2004
They showed up to the polls, packing their religious ideologies and ready to vote. They had the teachings of their prophets in mind as they drove to the polls—some worked to convince others of…
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A North Midtown Miracle
by Brett PotterPhoto by Emily Ehrler
December 16, 2004
What do you think of when you drive through North Midtown—the area between West and Mill streets and Woodrow Wilson and Fortification? In past years, you might have thought only of danger—that the neighborhood…
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Grounded Ginger
by Randy PerkinsDecember 2, 2004
Photo by Jaro Vacek
Jackson residents do not have to search far these days to find creative artists of all ages and disciplines making waves and changing the face of this city's burgeoning art scene. Jackson is vital…
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