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coronavirus
Dr. Thomas Dobbs: COVID-19 Improvement, But Schools Pose Grave Danger
State Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs sees improvement in the fight against COVID-19 following the governor’s two-week mask mandate across Mississippi. But a return to in-person schooling presents grave danger.
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Election 2006: JFP Interview with Rep. Erik Fleming
Rep. Erik Fleming has been a full-time representative of Hinds County since 1999. Before that, he was a reporter for both the Jackson Advocate and the Mississippi Link newspapers.
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Rad Grads 2020
This month, students across the globe graduated from their colleges or universities. These graduates have spent countless hours studying, giving presentations and otherwise working hard to earn their degrees so …
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Politics
Where The Devil Comes In: Income Tax On Trial At The Mississippi Legislature
Sen. John Polk, R-Hattiesburg, who represents a certified retirement city, is concerned that eliminating the state income tax and raising the sales tax would harm the older residents of his …
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National
Organizers Plan for Post-Roe Mississippi With Self-Managed Abortion Education
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear Mississippi’s challenge to Roe v. Wade for more than a month, but leading abortion-rights organizers say they are not holding out hope for …
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[Chick] We're That Good
My boyfriend said the most disturbing thing on our way to Hooter's. He said, "You and MF can't make a mockery of my Corvette." Are you kidding me? Now tell …
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[Kamikaze] A Wave Of The Finger
My hat is off to Cyrus Webb and ShadowPlay Entertainment for raising issues affecting the hip-hop nation recently. His Free2Flow Summit last week was an attempt to enlighten the public …
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JFP EXCLUSIVE: Judge Tomie Green on Melton Decisions
Today, Judge Tomie Green sent the Jackson Free Press the following letter:
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Hillary Clinton Comes to Canton
Hot off her wins in Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island, presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton is turning her attention to Mississippi. Clinton will be appearing tomorrow at the Mississippi Democratic …
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Council Renames Northside Library for Tisdale
The Jackson City Council voted 5-to-2 this morning to name the city library on Northside Drive after former Jackson Advocate Publisher Charles Tisdale, who died at age 80 in 2007. …
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Barbour, Carroll Bash Jackson With Old Statistics
"Jackson is one of the 10 most dangerous cities in America." How often are you hearing that jingle right now? From Haley Barbour. From Hinds County D.A. candidate Wilson Carroll. …
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Wyatt Emmerich Hates to Talk Race, But If He Has To ...
Lots of folks are talking about Wyatt Emmerich's endorsement of Crisler in the Northside Sun this week in which he says he hates to talk about race. BUT:
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Economy
The 182 Percent Loan: How Installment Lenders Put Borrowers in a World of Hurt
Installment loans can be deceptively expensive. World Finance and its competitors push customers to renew their loans over and over again, transforming what the industry touts as a safe, responsible …
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City & County
Murder in the City: Deep Causes, Harmful Biases, Unexpected Solutions to Gun Violence
On the night of Thursday, Feb. 9, a group of twenty-something Jacksonians were hanging out in Westwood Apartments at 3150 Robinson Road playing dominoes. Suddenly, several men walked in pointing …
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District Attorney Challenges Chief Justice
An updated version of this story will appear in the print edition Wednesday, June 21.
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It Won't Happen to Me
Why George Bell III stopped bludgeoning Heather Spencer on that June night is anyone's guess. Perhaps his hammer slipped out of his hand as Spencer's blood made it slick. Perhaps …
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Fashion, Freedom, and Feminism
Can feminists wear micro-minis and still be taken seriously?
The word feminist, as I understand it, describes a woman who believes in the right to make decisions about her life as an individual, not as a certain sex. To …
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Are Hillary's ‘Angry White Women' Going to Bolt for McCain?
I've been having a little trouble believing that myself, but it's one of those media narratives that the cable channels can't let go. Frank Rich at the NYTimes goes ahead …
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Dr. Cornel West Criticizes President Obama
According to a blackamericaweb.com article, West pulls his support of Obama, saying that the president has no backbone and does not do enough to uplift the black community:
