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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See the latest 100shbkyn Mr. Lumumba won the debate hands down. Now wait a ninute, you mean to tell me Lee's major backers were ...
May 17, 11:34 p.m. on Lumumba Rocks the House at Mayoral Debate
robbier Are you equating my notes in the comment space with a "BREAKING NEWS" headline at the top of the page? ...
May 17, 10:44 p.m. on Attorney Herb Irvin's Open Letter to Jonathan Lee
Todd Stauffer Amen, Donna. Bonus Points: Mr. Irvin and Tom Head used their real names.
May 17, 10:26 p.m. on Attorney Herb Irvin's Open Letter to Jonathan Lee
Donna Ladd We're not endorsing, Robbier. And you guys crack me up when you refuse to even acknowledge the reporting we do ...
May 17, 10:11 p.m. on Attorney Herb Irvin's Open Letter to Jonathan Lee
justjess I just finished watching the Lee - Lumumba Debate on WAPT. Lumumba ate Jonathan's lunch! Lee became frustruated, anxious and ...
May 17, 9:44 p.m. on Lee Attempts to Paint Lumumba as 'Other'
Attorney Herb Irvin's Open Letter to Jonathan Lee
By Donna Ladd