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City & County
Beer to Stewpot's Rescue
This weekend, three beer-related organizations will help to raise money to keep two of Stewpot Community Services' vital ministries open.
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Korean War Foes Gather in N. Korea to Remember War
Two decorated U.S. war veterans who survived one of the worst battles of the Korean War found themselves among former foes at a memorial ceremony Thursday as North Korean leader …
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Unbowed, Foes of Spying Program Vow to Fight On
Opponents of the National Security Agency's collection of hundreds of millions of Americans' phone records insist they will press ahead with their challenge to the massive surveillance program after a …
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Israelis, Palestinians to U.S. Next Week for Talks
An Israeli and a Palestinian official say preliminary peace talks agreed to after a shuttle mission by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are to begin in Washington on Tuesday.
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The Slate
The Dallas Cowboys and the Miami Dolphins have started training camp. You know what that means--we are one step closer to the return of football.
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Art
A Door-Slamming Farce
What do two high-school teachers, a Crossfit trainer and a worker from Hederman Brothers Printing have in common? If you guessed they spend the evening pretending to be someone else, …
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City & County
Beer Exploration
It's a good week—and summer—to love beer in Jackson. After last year's passage of the higher-gravity beer law, and this year seeing the homebrewing ban lifted once and for all, …
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Books
Read the Book First
My husband and I have struck a deal with our 11-year-old son, Mateo, regarding the "Harry Potter" series: To see the movie, he has to read the book.
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Undocumented, Unafraid and Back to School
For many of Mississippi's high school juniors and seniors, back to school means taking AP courses, doing research on what college or university to attend, and maybe even planning for …
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We Achieve More Together
As an educator and a parent, I understand how important it is to have a good parent/teacher relationship from the beginning of the school year.
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Race Still Matters
In Mississippi, the negative social evaluation of black people has resulted in “separate but equal” in practice.
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City & County
Angels on Patrol
Bennie Jones and his guardians patrol a neighborhood after one of its residents called and asked if they would spend some time in the area.
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City Issues Boil-Water Notices
By RonniMottThe city of Jackson has issued two precautionary boil-water notices due to loss of water pressure during water-main repair.
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City & County
Abandoned Housing Two-Step
Abandoned and dilapidated houses are common in parts of Jackson and neighbors are fed up.
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Education
Ready ... Set ... Scan
Nine months after state officials holstered a plan to require all parents receiving federal child-care assistance to scan their kids in and out of day care every day, Mississippi is …
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Jacksonian
Lydia Hall
Lydia Hall, a 19-year-old graduate of Madison Central High School, has been a volunteer teacher at an orphanage in El Salvador for the past five summers.
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Editor's Note
It’s Cool to Be a Nerd
If you want to talk about education in Mississippi, you need to prepare for a pretty depressing conversation. We're either in the top five or bottom five of every national …
