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City & County
Jackson, Believe It: Learning to Love a Misunderstood City
Jackson may have more college students than many cities, but it might need more promotion before really claiming the moniker "college town."
Person of the Day
David Cole
A photo of David's Cole's niece, Jessica Harvery, who was deployed in the U.S. Army in Iraq in 2006, inspired him to create the Cole Tempera Helmet and Vest.
Editor's Note
The Unbearable Heaviness of Adulthood
According to The Sentencing Project, black youth are twice as likely to be arrested than white youth, something that affected me even as a minor, and though 58 percent of …
Art
Unintentional Filmmaker
In 2005, filmmaker Keith Beauchamp directed and produced "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till," which won Audience and Special Jury awards at the 2005 Miami Film Festival, as well …
Person of the Day
Noel Quave
On Thursday, Sept. 3, the Mississippi Museum of Art announced that Mississippi School for the Arts student Noel Quave had been selected to be a part of the "Art.Write.Now.DC" exhibition.
Jacksonian
Shon Simmons
Shonda McCarthy Simmons, who goes by Shon, believes that it is important for her students at Hazelhurst High School to understand that art, literature, math and history are all related.
Theater
Do the Time Warp
For the Oct. 1 Fondren's First Thursday, you may have noticed Fondren Theatre Workshop players dressed in black 50s-style clothes, singing and dancing on Salsa Mississippi's portable dance floor.
Cover
2015 Artist to Watch: The CUT
The CUT has performed in cities across the state, including in Oxford, where Atkinson attends the University of Mississippi, and Hattiesburg, where the other band members study at the University …
Civil Rights
Angela Davis: Racism 'Not Simply a Domestic Problem'
Angela Davis spoke as part of the fall 2015 Presidential Lecture in Tougaloo College's historic Woodworth Chapel, where some would-be attendees who arrived late were turned away at the door …
Person of the Day
Anne MacMaster
Anne MacMaster, associate professor of English at Millsaps College, recently received the school's 2015 Humanities Teacher Award.
Editor's Note
Born into the Wrong Demographic
Failing to pass Initiative 42 punished Mississippi's children simply because they were born into the wrong demographic.
Jacksonian
Karlos Lyons
Though hip-hop dance was initially just a hobby for Karlos Lyons, it has become a job and a lifestyle.
Jacksonian
Timothy Kendricks
Timothy Kendricks, 27, isn't your average college student. He battled a life-threatening disease and came out on top, and then he wrote a book about his struggles.
Cover
Jackson’s Next Top Modeling Career
Jackson is not typically considered a mecca for models or the modeling industry in general, but with the work of people like Chanelle Renee', the creator of the Chanelle Renee' …
Editor's Note
My Generation Doesn’t Give Up Easily
All jokes aside, millennials arguably have it harder than any generation before us.
Operation Slide: What to Do
Robert Langford, the executive director of Operation Shoestring, and Amber May, the organization's programs director, are in the business of staving off "summer slide."
Business
Planting the Seeds of Big Ideas
TEDx Jackson's theme is "Fertile Ground," and includes a wide range of speakers including Joel Bomgar, the founder and CEO of Bomgar, one of the fastest-growing businesses in North America …
Events
Choctaw Pageantry and Culture
The 63rd Mississippi Choctaw Fair, held this year from July 11-14 in Choctaw, mixes music, sport and more.
Art
Portraits of an Artist Jump off the Page
Roger Leonard Long has a talent for making his subjects come to life. Some of his subjects such as Prince or even someone's pet look like they're about to jump …
Books
Ghostly Tales
"The Haunting of Mississippi" by Barbara Sillery sucked me right in to Mississippi's rich, haunted history. Sillery eloquently describes the settings of her stories, so I could easily visualize each …
