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Business
Hosemann Trashes SEC
Mississippi is once again locking horns with the federal government, but this time it's about neither guns nor affordable health-care insurance—it's about securities fraud.
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Health Care
Obamacare Presents Complex Choices For People With Disabilities
The Affordable Care Act has set new standards—called essential health benefits—outlining what health insurance companies must now cover.
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Typhoon Leaves 1 Dead, 5 Missing in Southern China
A typhoon left one person dead and five others missing as it churned through southern China before weakening into a tropical storm on Thursday, authorities said.
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Death Toll from Egypt Violence Rises to 525
Egyptian authorities on Thursday significantly raised the death toll from clashes the previous day between police and supporters of the ousted Islamist president, saying more than 500 people died.
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Businesses Seek Cure for Health Care Cost Surge
A survey of owners taken last month by the advocacy group National Small Business Association found that 20 percent have held off on implementing a growth strategy because of rising …
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Manning Takes Stand, Apologizes for Hurting U.S.
Pfc. Bradley Manning took the stand Wednesday at his sentencing hearing in the WikiLeaks case and apologized for hurting his country, pleading with a military judge for a chance to …
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Music
The Chick’s Guide to Music Festivals
Being prepared is the first step to having a good time at music festivals.
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Music
Guitars and Hooks
There is something special about the sound of electric guitars, and New Orleans' The Breton Sound is not afraid of it.
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Art
Great and Small
The second Little Free Library in Jackson recently went up outside Fondren Muse.
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Art
Blues Pilgrimage, Revisited
The Mississippi Museum of Art is showing many of George Mitchell’s historic photos in a special exhibit.
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Girl About Town
Magic Hair
Justin McPherson at William Wallace Salon works his magic on mere mortals’ hair, giving it new life.
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Technology
Historical Revisionism: A Review of ‘Civilization V’
The “Civilization” series is still releasing engrossing strategy games after two decades.
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Organic Living
Why Live Green
Some scientists are predicting that, due to our negative impact on the ecosystem, waterfront cities such as Boston and New York might disappear in the next century.
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Business
The Payday Playbook: How High-Cost Lenders Fight to Stay Legal
Outrage over payday loans, which trap millions of Americans in debt and are the best-known type of high-cost loans, has led to dozens of state laws aimed at stamping out …
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Business
Slave to the Payday Lender
Although some states are tightening restrictions on quick-loan businesses, Mississippi's lawmakers have had a large hand in helping the industry expand.
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I Do
If you've read anything I've written over the last three years, you know that I've done my level best to stay optimistic on the subject of marriage equality. It hasn't …
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Common Core Isn’t a Silver Bullet
Kids haven't met No Child Left Behind standards, so they are now subject to the tougher Common Core State Standards. What could possibly go wrong?
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Education
Common Core: Is Raising the Bar Enough?
Young Jackson Public Schools scholars returned to classrooms last week. And whether Aug. 8 marked the first time riding a big, yellow bus or the final year of locker assignments, …
