Fingers and ToesIn the running world, a seemingly endless debate rages--what shoes will maximize your running potential? One camp swears by minimalist running shoes, characterized by being lightweight and having a super thin sole--Vibram Five Finger shoes with the separated toes are …
Alien AbductionPaul Lacoste's training camp gave ShaWanda Jacome the confidence to run in this year's Warrior Dash.
On the Issues: Lee vs. LumumbaCrime: Lee: Would fire JPD Chief Rebecca Coleman and work on changing the culture of the fire and police departments.
Jonathan Lee's Top 10 DonorsLee cut a check for $140,000 to his own PAC "Friends of Jonathan Lee" on March 29, a day after his campaign paid that same amount out to LUC Media out of Marietta, Ga.
What Is Lumumba’s ‘Jackson Plan’?For anyone still on the fence over whom to vote for in the Democratic runoff next Tuesday, it's likely that reading through the Jackson Plan will move his or her vote into one column or the other. Clearly, white conservatives …
Lumumba's DonorsWhen it finally arrived a week after state law said it was due, Chokwe Lumumba's campaign-finance form revealed that he raised a fraction--20 percent--of the amount first-place finisher Jonathan Lee raised going into the May 7 Jackson municipal elections.
Profile: Jonathan LeeJonathan Lee may not be a business owner, but he rode his business credentials to becoming the top vote-getter in the city's Democratic mayoral primary.
Profile: Chokwe LumumbaNow, Chokwe Lumumba devotes a good deal of time talking about his family's own diverse racial heritage, the camaraderie he experienced among fellow basketballers of all races and nationalities, the poor whites he has represented vigorously in the courtroom or …
Greatest LoveThe long walk without a mother can be beautiful in some ways. A motherless daughter that herself becomes a mother truly cherishes every moment with her baby, because she knows how deep that connection runs, while simultaneously experiencing the greatest …
More than Just MomWhen I was in elementary school, my family lived in an apartment complex. My dad was just beginning a career in sales, and Mom stayed home and took care of three or four kids, including me and my kid sister.
In MemoryMy mom put me to bed the night she died. I know she tucked me in, not only because others have told me, but because that's what she always did.
A Letter to My SonDear Simon, Carrying you and connecting with you and getting to know you and sharing my body with you for nine months was one of the best things I have ever done in my life.
Number-One FanThis Sunday, we take time to honor our mothers. One day a year can't possibly do justice to the work of a mother, but it does give us one day a year to spend doing what mom wants.
A Daughter's BondI took child development courses in high school, which led to a child-care certification upon graduating. Even before high school, I volunteered at the local Head Start.
My Mother, the American DreamMy mother and her family left Lithuania during the last year of World War II. Small but feisty, she carried her potty as the family wound their way through the country into Poland and on to Germany until arriving in …
Paul Lacoste's training camp gave ShaWanda Jacome the confidence to run in this year's Warrior Dash.
Crime: Lee: Would fire JPD Chief Rebecca Coleman and work on changing the culture of the fire and police departments.
For anyone still on the fence over whom to vote for in the Democratic runoff next Tuesday, it's likely that reading through the Jackson Plan will move his or her vote into one column or the other. Clearly, white conservatives …
Jonathan Lee may not be a business owner, but he rode his business credentials to becoming the top vote-getter in the city's Democratic mayoral primary.
Now, Chokwe Lumumba devotes a good deal of time talking about his family's own diverse racial heritage, the camaraderie he experienced among fellow basketballers of all races and nationalities, the poor whites he has represented vigorously in the courtroom or …
The long walk without a mother can be beautiful in some ways. A motherless daughter that herself becomes a mother truly cherishes every moment with her baby, because she knows how deep that connection runs, while simultaneously experiencing the greatest …
When I was in elementary school, my family lived in an apartment complex. My dad was just beginning a career in sales, and Mom stayed home and took care of three or four kids, including me and my kid sister.
My mom put me to bed the night she died. I know she tucked me in, not only because others have told me, but because that's what she always did.
I took child development courses in high school, which led to a child-care certification upon graduating. Even before high school, I volunteered at the local Head Start.
My mother and her family left Lithuania during the last year of World War II. Small but feisty, she carried her potty as the family wound their way through the country into Poland and on to Germany until arriving in …