Jackson Free Press

An Open Letter to Our Teachers

I don't doubt for a second that there are bad teachers who just show up to collect a paycheck, but I can't recall ever having a teacher who I didn't …

Lost Grocery, Lost Opportunity

Sociologists and the community activists who rallied to keep the Terry Road Kroger open have a phrase for the phenomenon that could befall the neighborhood that formerly housed the Kroger: …

Emergency Declaration: Necessary or Nah?

Liz Sharlot, a spokeswoman for the Mississippi Department of Health, said Mississippi cities do not necessarily need to sign an emergency declaration to apply for one of the low-interest MSDH …

Mississippi’s Money Dance

Mississippi lawmakers voted Monday to borrow $450 million for a range of needs. As usual, there's very little for the city of Jackson's legislative agenda, which included funding for public-safety, …

Of ‘Scandal,’ ‘Empire’ and Hot Chicken Wings

Big Roscoe: "Little Momma Roscoe conducted a Clubb Chicken Wing customer survey during last week's Hot Wing Happy Hour. Our customers, who are fans of television shows like 'Empire,' suggested …

Stinker Quote of the Week: 'Plan'

We're not sure the Yarber does have a plan. For one, he made the announcement during a regularly scheduled media briefing and, apparently, didn't give the city council a heads …

City Needs to Be Proactive, Not Dramatic

If there's anything Jackson doesn't need to continue, it's needing to panic at the 11th hour before the city administration and others weren't more proactive in fixing and planning for …

Obamacare: Five Years and Counting

With Bryant's vow to undermine the ACA, the feds concluded that a state-run exchange was untenable. In January 2013, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius turned down Mississippi's …

Black Folk Do ... Make Films

This year, I am returning to launch the Independent Black Film Collective, an organization that aims to bring more diversity within the film-festival community.

Home Cookin’ Capsule

Lanier High School great and Dallas Mavericks player Monta Ellis' streak of 237 consecutive NBA games played ended March 29, after a calf injury during a game against the San …

Group Could Recommend New Academic Standards in Mississippi

A bill headed to Gov. Phil Bryant would establish a group to study whether Mississippi should modify or walk away from Common Core academic standards.

A Look Back at Mississippi’s Basketball Season

The Final Four is here, and the book on Mississippi's current basketball season has closed. It felt like a particularly mad March for Mississippi basketball fans, but it was a …

This season, injuries and probably a loss of confidence—and his jump shot—plagued Ole Miss basketball …

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Photo courtesy Thabi Moyo

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Five years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act hastened neither the end of the …

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Sen. David Jordan, D-Greenwood, said African American lawmakers are willing to block future appointments to …

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In response to Mayor Tony Yarber’s emergency declaration, Ward 2 Councilman Melvin Priester Jr. reviewed …

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Lamees El-sadek

Lamees El-sadek felt compelled to take action last February when a man shot and killed a Chapel Hill, N.C., family of three Muslims—Deah Barakat, Yusor Mohammad Abu-Salha and Razan Mohammed …

Photo courtesy Lamees El-Sadek

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Jackson native Stephen “Stevie J Blues” Johnson presents new songs from his upcoming album, “Back …

• March 31, 2015