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Events
Community Events and Public Meetings
The Eighth Annual JFP Chick Ball is July 28, 6 p.m., at Hal & Mal's.
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Community Events and Public Meetings
Parents & Kids Magazine's Back-to-school Pajama Parties. Children in kindergarten through second grade enjoy music, bedtime stories, goody bags and refreshments. Parents must accompany children. Pre-registration required. The first 100 …
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Community Events and Public Meetings
Events at Fleet Feet Sports (Trace Station, 500 Highway 51 N., Ridgeland). Free; call 601-899-9696.
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‘Us v. Them': Why Didn't Hampton Name Hosemann?
David Hampton has a decent column today about all the ugly immigrant-bashing in our state and in the nation of late, as immigration becomes the new wedge issue. We've certainly …
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Revisiting the "N" Word: Responses to my Column
The Clarion-Ledger printed my most recent rebuttal to columnist Leonard Pitts column on the "N" word yesterday. I know we've THOROUGHLY discussed it here but some C-L readers chimed in …
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[Faith] Restoring Stolen Years
"Your honor, we the people of Mississippi find the accused, Cedric Willis, guilty of murder."
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2020 Election Issue Espy v. Hyde-Smith, Westbrooks v. Griffis
On the Nov. 3 ballot, the presidential election headlines a contest that includes the long-awaited Senate rematch between former U.S. Rep. and Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy and incumbent U.S. Sen. …
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Who Is Michael (Larry) Chapman?
Or whatever his real name is. And why is Frank Melton stashing him in a motel?
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Onward To Nowhere
December 6, 2006 The crime summit, once billed as the key to solving crime in Jackson, has devolved into little more than a neighborhood association meeting focused on quality-of-life issues …
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Day 3: Police Officers Testify
Two police officers testified for the defense this morning. First was Sharon Gray, a 27 year veteran of the force who has spent the last five years as a records …
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Searching for the Neshoba Metaphor
I didn't know specifics about it before I went. Much of what I knew, I pieced together here and there from hearing conversations about it.
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When Black Isn't Beautiful
All around us the message sent is clear: 'You have to drive or live in this to show off your success.' If you've "made it", society seems inclined to set …
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Dignity-Rutgers Team on Oprah Today
Of course I have more to say, but in my busy chick world, for now I only have to say it's time. It's time to use that repressed energy to …
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City & County
Ceasefire in the City? How Police Can (and Cannot) Deter Gunfire
In 2015, Precinct 2 Commander Jarratt Taylor helped execute a massive enforcement effort called Metro Area Crime Elimination, or MACE for short, promised to be a local version of the …
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Peterson Demands Equal Justice
This story will appear in the April 4 print edition of the Jackson Free Press.
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Best of Jackson 2008
Best Bartender: Trevor Palmer, Club Fire - Club Fire's got to be a hectic place for a bartender. Hundreds of sweating, dance-crazed bodies are thirsty for a drink on Thursday's …
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From Mississippi to Liberia: The Living Legacy of America’s West African Colony
Many say the legacy of freed African-American slaves, some from Mississippi, living and ruling over Liberia for more than 150 years ignited two Liberian civil wars that spanned 14 years …
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BREAKING: Melton in Jail, In Medical Lock-up
Photo caption: Mugshots of Mayor Frank Melton, courtesy Hinds County Sheriff's Office.
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Obama Is In the Race ... or Almost
He has launched his new presidential exploratory Web site, where you can read a transcript, or watch a video, of Obama explaining why he is (almost) in the race:
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Thanks, But No Thanks
I'm no feminist, and I definitely wear a bra most days of the week, but I am fed up with men giving me their unsolicited advice or trying to force …
