Find Your Voice: Vote in the Runoff
Jackson is a city of around 100,000 registered voters, and roughly 30,000 voted in the primaries on May 7.
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Boggling'
The Mississippi Supreme Court granted Willie Jerome Manning a stay of execution after the Federal Bureau of Investigation twice admitted that investigators overstated the scientific significance of evidence during Manning's ...
City & County
Let's Clean House
As we move forward as a city and a state, it's time we discussed the difference between blame and accountability.
Editor's Note
The Johnson Legacy
Voters have an interesting choice as they head to polls for the second time May 21 to cast ballots for the Democratic Party runoffs.
Smiling in Heaven
My old friend Ray Smithhart would have loved the irony of union-fighting manufacturer Nissan making a gift of $100,000 to the Medgar and Myrlie Evers Institute.
Jackson: Stop the Scorched-Earth Politics
Jackson city elections are not our city at its best. Inevitably, one or more candidates wage scorched-earth campaigns that make our city look like a hellhole.
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Dilatory'
An Oktibbeha County jury voted to execute Willie Jerome Manning for the 1992 murders of two Mississippi State University students based mostly on circumstantial evidence.
Inebriated with Knowledge
Big Roscoe: "Customers, staff, Lil' Momma Roscoe and I enjoyed last week's Hot Wing Happy Hour at Clubb Chicken Wing. We had an around-the-bar discussion regarding history, politics, society, entertainment, ...
Editor's Note
The Hard Stuff
We have an amazing staff. And I don't just say because they work for me at the Jackson Free Press; I say it because of what they have to weather ...
Seeing Signs
Keeping an eye and spirit open for universal signs of life has become like taking deep breaths for me. I started recognizing that nothing is by chance, and all things ...
Doing Our Job
In the middle of crazy campaign coverage over the last week, we saw this quote posted on Facebook: "Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else ...
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Germane'
First, if a person deigns to run for office—putting themselves in the public realm—that person should expect scrutiny in all aspects of their lives.
City & County
Do Better, Jackson
When I became a feminist activist and a visible advocate for a woman's right to choose, I knew that I might lose a few friends in the process. Abortion has ...
Candidate
Re-elect Harvey Johnson Jr.
We liked the idea of new blood in city government in 2013. We are, therefore, both excited and encouraged by the prospect of a number of new, younger city council ...
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May 18, 8 p.m. on Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate
Donna Ladd OR, it's more basic, and Quinn is pissed off at the Lee campaign for all the negative stories they pushed ...
May 18, 7:29 p.m. on Lumumba's New Endorsements; Stokes to JFP: "Kiss My Ass"
shbkyn I guess he dosen't have any money to show like Lee, when you have rich Republican backing you like Lee, ...
May 18, 6:37 p.m. on FACTCHECK/UPDATED: Jonathan Lee Backers Gave More Than $1.2 Million to Republicans
AndGoodbyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeee I'm not saying I know her reasoning, but backing Lumumba is a smart political move on Quinn's part. Looking at ...
May 18, 5:38 p.m. on Lumumba's New Endorsements; Stokes to JFP: "Kiss My Ass"
sarahmina Why, why, & why don't you let the "hate whitey" thing GO! You've got to appreciate the difference in circumstance ...
May 18, 5:25 p.m. on Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate
Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate
By Tyler Cleveland