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***Line-up for the JFP Chick Ball - TONIGHT, Red Room

The JFP announces our second annual Chick Ball, to take place at the Red Room in Hal & Mal's on Thursday, May 11, 2006, 6 p.m. To 1 a.m. The …

Music

Viktory Lives Here

Geography dominates the hip-hop genre. Rappers are as identified with their hometowns as they are with their sound. Cities that ruled the airwaves defined most eras of hip-hop: New York …

Justice

Memorializing Medgar

It's unlikely that Medgar Evers will be forgotten for a very long time.

Good

Having Fun in Jackson on a Dime – or Less

If Jackson is your thing, but spending money isn't, you're in luck. Jackson offers plenty of things to do that won't cost a penny.

GOOD Ideas

Image Of God

How do ideas affect our actions when it comes to wanting to change something in society? In this case, what kinds of ideas can make us want to take action …

Business

Supremes Question Kemper

In all the pages of court records regarding a dispute between environmentalists and an electric utility company--pages that one Mississippi Supreme Court justice characterized as the most voluminous he has …

Justice

[Hutchinson] An Ugly Glare

The throng of angry whites jeered, catcalled and spat out borderline racial insults at the small group of mostly black protesters. The charged racial confrontation happened March 14, 2010, in …

Education

[Danahar] The Best Work

Are you ready to make your work be as good as it can be in 2012?

Culture

[Fly] Shopkeep

The vibrant life buzzing throughout Bee Tree Meadows makes it hard to believe that the Western honeybee is in grave danger. From 1997-2006 Colony Collapse Disorder has dramatically diminished the …

Education

[Kamikaze] The Propaganda Machine

Let me explain the difference between Eric Bolling and Jon Stewart. One guy is on a fake news show on Comedy Central. The other is on a real news network …

Editor's Note

Bennett And His Black Boys

"If you wanted to reduce crime, you could—if that were your sole purpose—you could abort every black baby in this country and your crime rate would go down." No, that …

The Golden Easter Egg

I stopped attending church years ago. I'll pause for the collective sharp intake of breath and prayer. It really had little to do with my belief in a higher power, …

Frank Melton

BREAKING: Mayor Wants Larkin Withdrawn

Mayor Frank Melton submitted a memorandum to council members (PDF, 118 KB) requesting that they withdraw Jackson Public School Board Vice President Jonathan Larkin's name for re-appointment to the board. …

Politics

Horhn: Crisler Camp ‘Put the Money on the Table'

At a press conference this morning, mayoral candidate Marshand Crisler denied allegations, made in two new flyers supporting his candidacy, that his opponent Harvey Johnson bought the endorsement of state …

Jackblog

ARTICLE: Sharpton Knocks "Boondocks"

Aaron MacGruder indicated on Nightline last month that as a satirist, there are some things he may say that will rub people the wrong way. I don't know he was …

Jackblog

Village Voice Media Owner Offends with Racial Slur

OK, so this was not the best moment for the alternative-news industry. The owner of the alternative newspaper industry's most corporate chain, Mike Lacey, accepted an award from the Phoenix …

Jackblog

The Effect of Immigrants on U.S. Employment and Productivity

The evidence is overwhelming that immigrants (including ones many like to label as "illegals") are not a drag on the U.S. economy and may even help it. Here is an …

Sports

Saints Stumble to 12-0

The Saints lost the coin toss going into overtime against the Washington Redskins, a team that had arguably beat them on everything except voodoo, karma and the "luck of the …

Crime

All God's Children

One image won't leave my head since I finished my part of the cover story I wrote this issue with freelance writer Valerie Wells (starts here): A deputy with his …

Frank Melton

Motion Sickness

Attorneys for the defense filed yet more motions in the upcoming felony trial of Mayor Frank Melton and detectives Michael Recio and Marcus Wright.