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Civil Rights
Fighting an Old War
While Russia and Confederate statues deserve media coverage, they are also easy targets that don't challenge the corporate state.
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Crime
Prison Beds Not Based on Reading Scores, But ...
Educational deficiencies, especially when coupled with poverty or trauma, do increase the risk of crime later. It's important, though, to break down the various pieces of the puzzle to find …
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Civil Rights
Dear Confederates, Leave My Heritage Alone!
Mississippi's history is one of beauty and blood; music and malevolence; literature and lamentation. We can't ignore the ugly parts; those stains don't wash out. But we sure as hell …
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Development
Infrastructure Funding Could Include Tax Increases
Mississippi senators met in Jackson last week to explore ways to raise more money for the state's deteriorating infrastructure, The move seemed to contradict their leader, Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, …
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Crime
DJP ‘Whistleblower’ Indicted for Five Felonies for Allegedly Forging Checks
The former Downtown Jackson Partners secretary who blew the proverbial whistle on her boss, Ben Allen, may end up guilty of more felonies than her former employer for "intentionally" methodically …
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City & County
Davis IB Program Helps Kindergartners Shine on Exam
Principal Kathleen Grigsby has a reason to be proud: Kindergarteners at Davis IB Elementary in downtown Jackson scored in the top 10 of all schools in the state on the …
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City & County
Lumumba Administration Growing: Hatcher, Kumar, Williams Join City's Team
The new mayor of the capital city took office on July 3, along with the slightly reconfigured Jackson City Council. Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, 34, announced his first wave of …
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Editor's Note
America, We Sink or Swim Together
As Houston and surrounding cities drowned, Trump was pushing the bigotry that fueled his rise to power. Meantime, America was proving our inherent greatness, despite the incessant efforts by certain …
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Jacksonian
Mary Evelyn Brown
Licensed psychologist Mary Evelyn Brown says she was a sophomore in college when she took her first psychology course and realized her deep love of both science and the relationships …
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DJP's Brune Allegations + Check Copies
Documents from DJP's 2014 efforts to prosecute whistleblower Linda Brune for alleged forged checks.
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Ben Allen's Sentencing Statement to the Judge
DJP President Ben Allen's statement to the judge during his sentencing on an embezzlement count.
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Civil Rights
U.S. Supreme Court Asks Mississippi Governor to Defend Confederate Emblem in Flag
The U.S. Supreme Court is asking attorneys for Mississippi's governor to file arguments defending the Confederate battle emblem on the state flag.
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National
Houston Drainage Grid 'So Obsolete It's Just Unbelievable'
Houston's system of bayous and reservoirs was built to drain a tabletop-flat city prone to heavy rains. But its Depression-era design is no match for the stresses brought by explosive …
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State
No Action on Black History Marker Near Confederate Statue
Supervisors in one Mississippi county are delaying a decision on residents' request to put a black history monument near a Confederate statue outside the local courthouse.
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National
Israeli Leader's Settlement Vow Complicates Trump's Task
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's vow to never evacuate Jewish settlements from occupied land drew outrage Tuesday from Palestinians and complicated matters for the Trump administration's would-be peace envoys as …
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National
Two Dams and Levee Overflow, Adding to Houston Floodwater
A pair of 70-year-old reservoir dams that protect downtown Houston and a levee in a suburban subdivision began overflowing Tuesday, adding to the rising floodwaters from Harvey that have crippled …
