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State
Stokes Comments Spark AG Charges, Fundraising in Madison County
Madison County Sheriff Randy Tucker seems to be making the most of his ongoing feud with a Jackson city councilman.
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Civil Rights
Why Small Debts Matter so Much to Black Lives
If you are black, you're far more likely to see your electricity cut, more likely to be sued over a debt, and more likely to land in jail because of …
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Person of the Day
Meadowlark Lemon
Meadow George Lemon III—better known as Meadowlark Lemon after legally changing his name—was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters during the team's heyday and height of popularity.
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State
Mississippi Pot Legalization Initiative Falls Far Short
A DeSoto County woman's push for a ballot initiative legalizing marijuana in Mississippi has fallen far short of the required number of petition signatures.
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Business
Seeing Hope in Hard Times
Seeing voters in Louisiana and workers in Mississippi and Tennessee finally stand up to the political and corporate fog machine and assert their rights gives me hope for 2016.
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Show Leadership, Not ‘Randomness’
Every session, it seems, something President Barack Obama has said or didn't say whips Republicans under our dome into a froth.
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Civil Rights
Aching for Tamir, Fearing for My Life
When the news broke of no indictment against the officer in the Tamir Rice case on Dec. 28, I wasn't shocked or surprised. I was disappointed, I ached for Tamir's …
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Food
Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2015
If you haven't already made plans for the final countdown to 2016, here are some local New Year's Eve events to celebrate in style.
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City & County
How Many Hotels Can Downtown Support?
For close to eight hours every day, a tower crane soaring above Jackson swivels and pivots like the minute hand of a clock gone a little haywire.
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Politics
Shakeup or Shakeout? Dem Leadership Changing
Before 2016 is finished, every major instrument of the Mississippi Democratic establishment will have new leadership.
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Politics
Proposed Budgets Slashed Even Without 42’s Passage
Currently proposed budget cuts are even greater than those that Rep. Herb Frierson, a key Republican budget writer from Poplarville, warned would be necessary if the school-funding amendment Initiative 42 …
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Editor's Note
A Nation ‘Intoxicated with Bad Policing’
Nowadays, everyone is an amateur videographer, and police actions are under more scrutiny than ever. It doesn't mean, though, that there are more incidents of police brutality or over-policing; it …
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Music
The Future of ‘Feel Music’
When the Recording Academy announced the Grammy nominees on Dec. 7, 2015, Cedric Burnside's seventh album, "Descendants of Hill Country," made the short list.
