A Week Without Mirrors
When you pledge to not look at your reflection for a week, it feels good to see the things you love about yourself at first glance.
Business
Mississippi: Amazing for Film
Mississippi and its local communities benefit when the cameras roll here, whether they're big studio Hollywood cameras or those of independent filmmakers.
Civil Rights
The ‘Cloth on the Stick’ Represents Hatred Toward Me
The formation of the Confederacy was solely based on the protection of white Americans to keep my ancestors enslaved. The battle flag came to represent them as a people and …
Collaborating for a Safer Mississippi
In our polarized state and nation, it is mighty refreshing to hear a conservative of faith stand up against truly odious criminal-justice policies that trap men of color, particularly, into …
Politics
Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Care Less'
Rep. Karl Oliver, R-Winona, responded to a Mississippi resident's email, saying "I appreciate you going to the trouble to share your (political views) with me, but quite frankly, and with …
Do What Is Right
Nurse Tootie McBride: "Good afternoon members of the media and concerned community citizens. Welcome to the McBride Family press conference announcing 'The Caravan of Love, Peace, Protection, Self-Defense, Voter Registration …
Editor's Note
‘Faith-Based’ Economics vs. Actual Math
Cutting franchise taxes is a major priority of ALEC, the ultra-conservative anti-taxation group to which so many conservative legislators swear fealty.
ACLU of MS: We Support Clergy for Prison Reform's Platform
Rather than measuring success by projecting reduced costs, CPR is speaking from a moral platform that demands immediacy.
Editor's Note
Trump’s Politically Correct Call for Bigotry, Hate
It's really hard to find a stronger sign that Donald Trump hopes to become a fascist dictator of people and thought in America, and he's playing to very ugly instincts …
City & County
Creating An Inclusive Jackson
Our city is not a unified community largely because we divide and differentiate our space by class and race.
Politics
SUNSHINE WEEK: Shine Light on Major Donors to Help Democracy
When the U.S. Supreme Court determined that buying political commercials is a form of First Amendment protected speech, it effectively erased a century of campaign-finance limits.
Media
SUNSHINE WEEK: Ten Commandments for Open Meetings
Too many elected boards seek every opportunity to meet out of sight of the public they serve.
Editorial
SUNSHINE WEEK: Public Needs Year-Round Access to Documents, Meetings, Donation Information
The JFP has long focused on the serious problem of campaign donation transparency in the state, especially that shielded by political action committees, and more recently the problem with city …
Politics
Rep. Bell: Sanders Too Friendly with Gun Industry, Clinton Best Choice for People of Color
Hillary Clinton understands the complexities of race issues in this country and has a lifetime record of breaking down barriers that hold people back—especially people of color.
Politics
I Voted for Sanders Despite the ‘Bernie Bros’
With all of my trepidations, I voted for Bernie because I feel, of all the candidates, he is the one who legitimately has my back.
Fed Up with Underfunding Education
This week it appears that "level" funding for MAEP is here again for 2016, meaning an overall underfunding of the now essentially toothless formula somewhere on the order of $172 …
Disappointed in Rankin County
It seems odd that in a state like ours, instead of passing laws that help us get off the bottom of good lists and from the top of bad lists, …
Publisher's Note
Is the 'Airport Takeover' All About ... A Road?
As the airport "takeover" bill wends its way through the Mississippi Legislature, it's becoming a little more clear that the point of the bill is not to improve airport services …
Civil Rights
Mississippi Racism Alive and Thriving
One could argue that racism is as bad today as it has ever been. In Mississippi, it is thriving.
Chaining Mississippi to Its Despicable Past
I'll honor my Confederate heritage when we've done anything substantial to right hundreds of years of wrongs.
