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National
Strategist Steve Bannon Leaves Trump's Turbulent White House
Steve Bannon, a forceful but divisive presence in President Donald Trump's White House, is leaving.
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Jacksonian
Bryce Yelverton
Thirty-one-year-old government-relations consultant Bryce Yelverton has dedicated 19 years of his life to helping inner-city kids through Calvary Baptist Church's ministry, His Heart.
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Business
Loving All Over Hobby Lobby
In September 2012, the American Family Association sent an action alert to its followers, urging them to support Hobby Lobby in its quest to deny insurance coverage of some contraception …
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Preparing for Battle
Twenty years ago, when Cristen Hemmins was a student at Millsaps College, two teenagers pulled out a gun and abducted her in the campus parking lot. The young men raped …
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Personhood Stalled in Nevada, Arkansas
As Mississippi voters rejected a proposed personhood amendment last November, Personhood USA and other supporters of the measure already had plans underway to promote similar initiatives in other states.
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Editor's Note
Notes from the Fishbowl
Waking up to our biases is like popping the red pill—suddenly, the matrix is everywhere.
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New Alzheimer's Drug Studies Offer Patients Hope
For Alzheimer's patients and their families, desperate for an effective treatment for the epidemic disease, there's hope from new studies starting up and insights from recent ones that didn't quite …
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Domestic Violence
From Trump to Weinstein: ‘This Way of Treating Women Ends Now’
Hell week for women started with Donald Trump telling employers they can cherry-pick access to birth control out of women employees' health insurance. It ended with a long line of …
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NFL Says Gay OK
Good news, the NFL will now allow the word "gay" to put on the back of personalized jerseys sold by the league's online shop, the New York Daily News reports. …
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coronavirus
USM COVID-19 Oral Histories, Belhaven Online Scholarships and Millsaps Testing Waivers
Students at the Center for Oral History and Cultural Heritage at the University of Southern Mississippi recently put together a collection of oral histories concerning the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and …
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Biz Roundup
H&M Opens, State Colleges Offer New Opportunities
Swedish retailer H&M will open its first Mississippi location at noon Thursday, June 5, at Northpark Mall.
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Why I'm Voting for George W. Bush
Although it is clear that the JFP has fully endorsed John Kerry, we would like to offer a forum for those who support George W. Bush to give us the …
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Cyrus Webb Back in Business
Brandon resident Cyrus Webb has a knack for botching public events. In 2006, Webbpresident of Conversations Book Club and the Rankin County Arts Alliancepromised many Jackson metro residents an elegant …
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Study: Half Who Now Buy Health Plans Will Qualify for Tax Credits
About half the people who now buy their own health insurance would qualify for federal tax credits to offset rates under President Barack Obama's health care law.
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NAMIWalks for the Mind of America: Help me "Stomp Out The Stigma of Mental Illness"!
I am writing you today to tell you about an upcoming event that I am
I am participating for the third time because I am a member of NAMI, and I have struggled in the past with panic attacks, depression and suicide. Because of my …
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Just Days Left to Vote in Best of Jackson - Until Dec. 15
OK, all, the voting in the JFP's 6th Annual Best of Jackson reader's choice awards closes Saturday at midnight CST. If you're voting online, do it before then. If you're …
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Radio JFP Says Goodbye to Brian Johnson Today
Turn into WLEZ, 103.7 FM, today at noon for Brian Johnson's last broadcast. Yes, we'll talk about Frank Melton's latest shenanigans, and Todd will probably do weird voices. You might …
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State
Mississippi Churches Take Services Online, into Parking Lots
Some Mississippi houses of worship are offering online services during the coronavirus pandemic. Others are inviting people to sit in vehicles outside the sanctuary to have socially distant prayer and …
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Hurricane
Tropical Storm Isaac: News, Links, Info
News and information tracking Isaac as it reaches the Gulf of Mexico.
