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German FM to Meet Kerry to Discuss Spying Claims
Germany's foreign minister said Friday he will tell U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry at a meeting this weekend that Berlin wants to reinvigorate the two countries' friendship "on an …
Girl Hoped to Have Been Cured of HIV Has Relapsed
A Mississippi girl born with the AIDS virus and in remission for more than two years despite stopping treatment now shows signs that she still harbors HIV—and therefore is not …
More Barbour Legacy: KiOR Explores Fire Sale
KiOR, based in Pasadena, Texas, announced it had hired Guggenheim Partners in a Wednesday stock filing. The company said it expected Guggenheim to complete a sale or restructuring process, "or …
Politics
Media Buying Firm Purchases Pro-Cochran Ads, Funded by NRSC
Bishop Ronnie Crudup is denying any wrongdoing for his role in a U.S. Senate political action committee, even as his employee—and the super PAC's treasurer—refuses to release a list of …
Hinds Commissioner, A Cochran Relative, Denies Destroying Runoff Records
Connie Cochran, one of Hinds County's five elected election commissioners and Thad Cochran's sister-in-law, told the Jackson Free Press this morning that the commission did not commit sabotage to help …
Education
Senator Calls for Mississippians to Sign Petition for Fully Funded Education
Members of the Jackson community gathered at the Mississippi Art Center on Wednesday to push forward discussions about fully funding public education in Mississippi.
Homeland Chief Presses $3.7B Border Request
In what figures to be a tough sell, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is going to Capitol Hill to make the case for President Barack Obama's request for $3.7 billion …
US, China Talk Cyberhacking Amid New Allegations
Top American officials said Thursday they challenged their counterparts in China to rein in alleged cybersecurity infringements as a new allegation emerged of a brazen attempt by Chinese hackers to …
Germany Asks Top US Spy to Leave the Country
Germany took the dramatic step Thursday of asking the top U.S. intelligence official in Berlin to leave the country, following two suspected cases of American spying and the yearlong spat …
Confederate Battle Flags on Va. Campus to be Moved
Washington and Lee University is drawing praise from some and complaints from others after announcing that it will remove Confederate battle flags from a chapel on the Virginia campus where …
Bryan's Rant
Basketball Is Our Soccer
The United States Men's National Soccer Team gave it their all in a 2-1 loss to Belgium in the World Cup. While the USMNT didn't win, the team did improve.
The Slate
You might not believe it, but football is nearly upon us. College football media days are about to begin, and NFL training camps open up July 20 starting with the …
Music
SilaS: Trumpeter Turned Rapper Amazes
SilaS’ “Rap Revolt” melds the Jackson-based rapper’s lyrical and instrumental aptitude with stunning results.
Books
Shaking up the Rom-Com
"Shaking the Sugar Tree" is about a gay father raising a child on his own, which Wilgus based on a surprising fact. Mississippi has the highest percentage of same-sex couples …
Film
Welcome to the Club
"The (Dead Mothers) Club," which stated that one in nine Americans will lose a parent before age 20, focuses on three young women: a high-school senior named Jordyn, a Brazilian …
Art
Lessons in Abstraction
For every abstraction that leaves you cold, another may set your imagination afire. The viewer's experience is essential to abstract art, says Jackson artist Jonathan Berry, even though it was …
Fischerisms: A Collection of Quotes from AFA Spokesman Bryan Fischer
On Hitler: "Homosexuality gave us Adolph Hitler, and homosexuals in the military gave us the Brown Shirts, the Nazi war machine and six million dead Jews."
Business
Loving All Over Hobby Lobby
In September 2012, the American Family Association sent an action alert to its followers, urging them to support Hobby Lobby in its quest to deny insurance coverage of some contraception …
Snapshot: Alliance Defending Freedom
Fights: Gay rights, same-sex marriage, secularism; Controversy: Accused of defending laws in Belize making homosexuality a criminal act subject to prison time.
Religious Freedom, Before and After
Excerpt from initially proposed Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act (2014)
