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How to Be a Stand-Up Guy Against Domestic Violence
Since March, a group of about 10 men from various walks of life have been meeting once a month around the Jackson area. The men represent a spectrum of experiences …
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Men of Character
Jed Oppenheim worked for the Southern Poverty Law Center for five years, and co-organized activities for the Freedom Summer Youth Congress this past summer.
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Batterer’s Intervention: Changing Minds, Saving Lives
Early on in Ben Ellard's career as the program manager of the Batterer's Intervention Program at Pearl's Center for Violence Prevention, he had a profound experience while processing a new …
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Domestic Violence
Hop on the ‘No More’ Bandwagon
In many ways, I believe tackling domestic abuse in the football arena is the exact right place to focus. It's hard to imagine a more macho sport where power is …
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Men: Don’t Wait on Women to Act
Mississippi is only as strong as our women. And right now, by most economic and social indicators, Mississippi is not very strong.
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Editor's Note
An Open Letter to My Sister, and Men Everywhere
The danger in expecting women to meet some standard of purity or respectability is that when some man decides that a woman's purity is compromised because of her low-cut dress …
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NSA Surveillance Limits: The Focus Turns to Courts
While Congress mulls how to curtail the NSA's collection of Americans' telephone records, impatient civil liberties groups are looking to legal challenges already underway in the courts to limit government …
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NYC Police Commissioner: Hatchet Attack was Terror
A brazen daylight hatchet attack against a group of police officers on a busy New York street was a terrorist act by a reclusive Muslim convert who ranted online against …
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Police Prepare for Grand Jury Decision in Ferguson
Missouri police have been brushing up on constitutional rights and stocking up on riot gear to prepare for a grand jury's decision about whether to charge a white police officer …
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UN Inquiry Head Rejects N. Korea's 'Honeyed Words'
"A few honeyed words" by North Korea as it tries to avoid a referral to the International Criminal Court has not changed the human rights situation on the ground there, …
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2 Dead in Shooting Attack at Canada's Parliament
A Canadian soldier standing guard at a war memorial in the country's capital was shot to death Wednesday, and heavy gunfire then erupted inside Parliament. One gunman was killed, and …
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On the Issues
Travis Childers signed the Federation for American Immigration Reform's so-called no-amnesty pledge, saying that he opposes both authorization for people who came to the U.S. illegally as well as expanding …
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Expelled Nazis Got Millions in Social Security
Jakob Denzinger, 90, is among dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards who collected millions of dollars in Social Security payments after being forced out of the United …
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Your Turn: On the Conditions at East Mississippi Correctional Facility
We the members of Mississippi Religious Leadership Conference wish to express our concern about recent reports regarding East Mississippi Correctional Facility just outside of Meridian.
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What's at Stake in Iran Nuclear Talks?
An Iranian nuclear agreement is the Obama administration's grandest foreign policy objective, a legacy-defining endeavor that holds the prospect of ending the gravest potential threat to Israel and the Middle …
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City & County
10 Local Stories of the Week
There's never a slow news week in Jackson, Miss., and last week was no exception. Here are the local stories JFP reporters brought you in case you missed them.
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Angry Protesters Yell at Riot Police in St. Louis
Protesters angered by the fatal shooting of a black 18-year-old by police faced off with officers in south St. Louis for a second night as accusations of racial profiling prompted …
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In Mexico, Parents Hold Vigil for 43 Disappeared
Two weeks after 43 students disappeared in a clash with police in rural southern Mexico, dozens of anxious parents have gathered at a teachers' college that was supposed to be …
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Stop Blaming the Victims
In the past few weeks, I have watched countless victim blamers come out to ask why Ray Rice's wife, Janay, stayed rather than focused on his violence. The truth is, …
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The Jail Needs a Sense of Urgency
Crime is a hard thing to solve. It is the tragic confluence of poverty and generations of miseducation, not to mention institutional racism, patriarchy, childhood abuse and other structural biases. …
