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Doggie Do's and Don'ts
Here in America, we love our dogs. But because an Amber Alert doesn't cover dogs, we often find ourselves at a loss if our own pals go missing or if …
A Man's Summer in the City
Having spent my day on Interstate 220 in a black car with no air-conditioning, I was having trouble finding anything to appreciate about summers in Jackson. But I knew a …
ArtTalk: All In A Day's Work
Renting out sailboats and kayaks. Caddying golf. Delivering burritos on a bicycle. Clam farming. Wildfire fighting. They may not be career paths in and of themselves, but they are all …
Wine Drinkers Unite
This Saturday evening will provide the connoisseur and novice alike the opportunity to strut their wine legs—both the ones that slide down the sides of the glass, giving some indication …
coronavirus
PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Gov. Reeves, Denial Ain’t a River in Mississippi
"Gov. Tate Reeves has done precisely the wrong things to quell this virus. He could have led his party and supporters in Mississippi instead of sheepishly kowtowing to the extremists."
Cliff Poses Tiny Dollar Gap, Wide Political Ravine
When it comes to resolving their "fiscal cliff" impasse, the dollar gap between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner is tiny in federal terms. That masks a monumental …
White House Meeting a Last Stab at Fiscal Deal
Amid partisan bluster, top members of Congress and President Barack Obama were holding out slim hopes for a limited fiscal deal before the new year.
Business
Feds Replace Foreclosure Review With $8.5 Billion Settlement
The Independent Foreclosure Review was supposed to be a full and fair investigation of the big banks' foreclosure abuses, and it was trumpeted as the government's largest effort to compensate …
GOP House May Schedule 'Debt Ceiling' Increase Vote for Next Week
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House will vote next week to permit the government to borrow more money to meet its obligations, a move aimed at heading off a market-rattling …
Editor's Note
A Battle Worth Fighting
“A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.” — Orison Swett Marden
Editor's Note
Stop the Food Fight
Hunger, and its corollary, poverty, are not intractable problems, despite their historical prevalence.
High-Profile Rapes Threaten India Tourism Business
A fatal gang rape in New Delhi didn't deter Germans Carolina De Paolo and Canan Wahner from traveling to India for a six-week tour.
Obama to Return 5 Percent of Salary to Treasury
Sharing a bit of budget pain, President Barack Obama will return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in a show of solidarity with federal workers smarting from government-wide …
Justice
White Supremacists Help Emmett Till Center Raise More Than $30,000
A small clan of white supremacists unintentionally helped a Mississippi anti-racism organization raise more than $30,000 in just six days after filming a propaganda video around the memorial of Emmett …
Crime
Mississippi Prison Deaths Follow Warnings of Meager Funding, Shortages
Three more Mississippi prisoners have died at the hands of other inmates in the six days since the Mississippi Department of Corrections initiated a statewide prison lockdown last Sunday, bringing …
Education
Rural Kids Left Behind as Homework Moves Online
In what has become known as the homework gap, an estimated 17% of U.S. students do not have access to computers at home and 18% do not have home access …
Politics
UPDATED: New Jackson Infrastructure Bill; Virgi Lindsay to Run for Ward 7 Seat
During a small informal community meeting this morning, Mississippi Sen. David Blount, D-Jackson, explained a proposed bill to send an additional $24 million in tax revenue back to Jackson's crumbling …
National
Walmart Boosts Starting Pay, Closing Dozens of Sam's Clubs
Walmart confirmed Thursday that it is closing dozens of Sam's Club warehouse stores across the country—a move that seems sure to cost jobs—on the same day it announced that it …
National
Trump Says 'Let Russia Back In' as He Heads for G-7 Summit
President Donald Trump charged into a summit of major industrialized nations on Friday for contentious trade talks, injecting fresh drama even before he arrived by calling for Russia, ousted from …
Obama Speech to Challenge Congress on Minimum Wage
Challenging lawmakers to help him create greater economic opportunity, President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address Tuesday to announce he's raising the minimum wage for new …
