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Oxford and Greenwood Bring Down Mississippi State Flag
Oxford and Greenwood have become the latest cities to stop flying the Mississippi flag because it contains a Confederate battle emblem.
Food
Food Truck Frenzy
The Jackson Free Press is beginning a new occasional series that features food from the different trucks and other mobile-food vendors.
Civil Rights
Mississippi Flag: A Question of Pride
The state flag represents separation. As it flies, it reminds this state that black people still are not measured as equal (enough).
Budget Spitting Matches Must End
The budget cannot be held hostage or become the casualty of a childish, pointless spitting match between politicians. These are serious times for the City of Jackson, and those games …
Civil Rights
Rest in Paradise, Julian Bond
Julian Bond was a figure I had looked up to for many, many years due to his lifelong mission to combat inequality.
LGBT
USDA Promotes Gender-Inclusivity in Jackson
Ashlee Davis wants members of the LGBT community to know that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will not discriminate against them.
Civil Rights
Officer’s Lawyer: Sanders Death Not Racial
Many in Stonewall believe Jonathan Sanders' death was racially motivated; Kevin Herrington's lawyer says that's nonsense.
State
Finding Homes for People With HIV/AIDS
Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS/HIV serves individuals, families and couples (in domestic partnerships) if one member has AIDS.
Straight Outta Football
With the premier of "Straight Outta Compton" last week, Beats by Dre launched the "Straight Outta Somewhere" meme generator.
Editor's Note
Swift Kicks in the Game of Life
Sometimes we need a swift (verbal) kick to tell us we need to step up our game. Whether it's football or media, we have to work hard, really hard to …
Jacksonian
Nigel Knott
By season's end last year, the only people targeting Nigel Knott with any regularity were college coaches.
Consultant Aims to Boost Low-Budget Democratic Candidate
A political consultant who has worked for Democrats in the Deep South says he's trying to generate support for Robert Gray, the truck driver who did not spend a dime …
Politics
McQuirter: Stop Hinds County’s Bleeding
Darrel McQuirter met the Jackson Free Press for an early breakfast at a Clinton restaurant to dish on running for reelection while shaping the county's budget.
Music
Who Is K. West?
Jackson hip-hop artist Kimberly West, known to her fans simply as K. West, has stayed busy since the release of her debut album, "He Say She Say," in 2012 and …
Politics
Begley: An ‘Activist Legislator’?
Sam Begley, 55, a well-known player in Democratic Party and political circles who is usually trying to help someone get elected, said he wants to be an "activist legislator," fighting …
Books
A Time to Read
When political consultant and author Jere Nash met his friend Leila Salisbury, director of the University Press of Mississippi, for lunch at Hal & Mal's in the spring of 2013, …
Obama's Iran Deal May Well Survive on Capitol Hill
The fiercely contested Iran nuclear deal will likely survive in Congress despite unified GOP opposition and some Democratic defections, the top Senate Republican says. That would mean a major foreign …
US Weighs More Security, Withdrawal Option for Sinai Forces
The Obama administration is quietly reviewing the future of America's three-decade deployment to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, fearful the lightly equipped peacekeepers could be targets of escalating Islamic State-inspired violence.
UN: Some Sexual Abuse Charges Against Peacekeepers Ignored
A new push against what the U.N. secretary-general calls the "cancer" of peacekeeper sexual misconduct, after the issue flared again last week, has a troubling weakness: Countries' lack of interest …
Business
Costco Looms Over City Economic Development Talks
Big-box retailer Costco, which had been flirting with building in Jackson and is now in talks with Ridgeland officials, loomed large over today's City Council budget hearings.
