Jackson Free Press

Angel Idowu

• June 12, 2019

OPINION: A Northerner’s Introduction to the South

Moving to the South was a wake-up call. Slavery was abolished a little more than 150 years ago, but the residual effects are still very present for me. You can …

Rapper and activist Genesis Be launches Pledge To Vote campaign to empower women voters and …

• June 12, 2019

Striving to Empower Women Voters

Rapper and activist Genesis Be wants the younger generation to get out and vote because people who came before them risked their lives so that they could have that right.

Duvalier Malone

• June 12, 2019

"The ball is in your court, Mississippians. It's time for us to stand together and …

• June 12, 2019

OPINION: Mississippi's New Governor—The Time for Change is Now!

Every state in the union has done the right and humane thing of removing the Confederate symbol from their flags. Mississippi stands alone, steeped in injustice and fear.

Andrea and Becky Bickett, left to right, with their adopted children: Owen, 5; Regan, 3; …

• June 12, 2019

Rev. Brandiilyne Mangum-Dear cheers while Amber and Annice Smith kiss, becoming the first gay couple …

• June 12, 2019

Andrea Sanders (right) holds 8-month-old Owen as he reaches across the counter to touch then-Hinds …

• June 12, 2019

The Fight for Family Goes On

After the Obergefell decision, Mississippi’s leaders "made sure to let us know we are still beneath the religious elite," Rev. Brandiilyne Mangum-Dear said. "We may have acquired marriage that day …

Downtown Jackson has the potential to be even better than it was 50 years ago.

• June 12, 2019

EDITOR'S NOTE: Onward and Upward in Downtown Jackson

To have a strong city, we have to have a strong downtown, and right now, we just don't. But that's not the end of the story.

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• June 12, 2019

Nelson Atehortua

Nelson Atehortua, who was born in Bogota, South America, had a different childhood than most people. At the young age of 3, he was diagnosed with the viral disease polio.

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba announced that the City of Jackson filed a lawsuit against Siemens …

• June 11, 2019

Jackson Sues Siemens, Local Businessmen for ‘Bait and Switch’ Contract

Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba announced today that the City of Jackson has filed a lawsuit against Siemens Industry Inc. and associated divisions in the U.S. and Germany, along with multiple …

Mississippi's foster care system still isn't meeting standards set in a court decree, although the …

• June 11, 2019

Gov. Phil Bryant (left) and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann (right) are asking the 5th …

• June 11, 2019

Black Voting Strength at Stake in Republican Request to 5th Circuit

Mississippi Republican leaders are fighting a court ruling that would increase black voting power in a gerrymandered state Senate district that meanders about 100 miles from Cleveland in the Mississippi …