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[Kamikaze] The Media Fix Is In

Some of you may know that in a former life I was a journalist. Yes, your friendly neighborhood mad-rapper turned concerned-citizen was once an aspiring cub reporter trying to put …

Frank Melton

BREAKING: Invite Suggests Melton Fundraiser for Sheriff Candidate

A document (PDF, 40 KB) received via fax by the Jackson Free Press makes it appear that Jackson Mayor Frank Melton is planning a fundraiser at his home for Hinds …

Civil Rights Museum to Tougaloo?

Jackson hip-hop artist Kamikaze is organizing community feedback regarding a consulting group's recent recommendation to place the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum north of County Line Road in Ridgeland. Museum consulting …

Body+Soul

Thinking Abundantly

To get love, you have to give it.

Nature abhors a vacuum. Start with a hole and sure enough, something comes along to fill it, whether that's water from a storm, leaves from the trees or an enterprising …

Business

Big 3 Bailout Still Contentious

The proposed Congressional bailout of Detroit's Big 3 Automakers is proving to be fraught with landmines of opposing opinion. In today's New York Times, Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell says that …

[Stiggers] The Night Before Kwanzaa

Welcome to a Ghetto Science Christmas with the Fifth Alternate Financially Challenged and Concerned Citizens Community Choir, directed by Auntie Church Hat. Here's a song from their first Christmas CD …

Wellness

The Nature of the Beast: What You Should Know

First, there is no cure for fibromyalgia. Treatments exist, but every body is different, which means what works for me may not work for you.

Sports

The Best In Sports in 7 Days

NBA Conference Finals are heating up with both series now best of three. Will either road team pull off an upset or will Miami and San Antonio hold strong?

Sports

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

The storybook journey for Stony Brook University's Seawolves continues. The little university from New York state upset LSU this weekend to reach the College World Series.

Tease photo Biz Roundup

Crooked Letter Brewery Blocked

Jackson County Board of Supervisors denied a Vancleave couple a special exemption Monday to build a brewery on their land along Antioch Road. The law requires an exemption for industrial …

Tease photo Bryan's Rant

Tossing Around the Pigskin

Football is still approximately 90 days away, but it has not stopped the game from dominating the sporting news. Here is my take on a few stories making headlines this …

Sports

The ‘Smalls'

The Jackson area schools that aren't major contenders in Mississippi college basketball are known as the "small" schools. But they're only small in enrollment, not in talent, drive or determination.

Sports

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

I would be more thankful if I could get more Tim Tebow on my TV.

Fly

A Jackson Mardi Gras

The closer you get to the Gulf Coast, the bigger the Mardi Gras celebration you'll find. Around these parts, you'll find king cake, maybe a little live New Orleans-style music …

Politics

The Secession Bandwagon

It seems Mississippi Sen. Joey Fillingane, R-Sumrall, is out to prove an election-year point by appealing to the most extreme fringe of the far right.

Books

‘Something to Think About'

In Barry Gifford's "Sad Stories of the Death of Kings", a book named after a line from a Shakespeare play, first-generation Austrian American Roy walks us through his Chicago neighborhood …

Books

Maintaining Focus

When I first saw the cover of "Ghost Light: A Novel" by Joseph O'Connor (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011, $25), I didn't know quite what to expect from the woman …

Books

Mystical Alligator Wrestling

When I first picked up "Swamplandia!" (Knopf, 2011, $24.95), I was skeptical at best. As a Florida native, I was excited to read a book set in my home state, …

Fly

St. Paddy's Day Quiz

Before you head out to flash some green, ask these questions to test your green (knowledge that is).

Politics

[Brown] Moving Forward

On May 5, Democrats from across the Third Congressional District of Mississippi will meet at the Golden Moon Resort in Philadelphia to elect their slate of leaders for the next …