Hey Obama: Screw the Horse Race!I returned to Jackson this week to discover that the Barack Obama campaign, assisted by local Democrats, tightly controlled his quick visit to Jackson last week. The media were allowed to follow him into Peaches restaurant (where Kate Medley and …
My Father's Hands Have StylePeople say you can tell a lot about a person from looking into their eyes, but with my father it is his hands that reveal his history, his nature, his strength, and his elegance. I have always loved his hands. …
JubileeJAM! Traffic Disruptions Announced[Verbatim Release]Please help us make the public aware of the following traffic disruptions as Jubilee!JAM begins build-out for this weekend.
Divest for Darfur: $400,000 by June 15The Save Darfur Coalition has a campaign called Divest for Darfur to encourage investors to withdraw their money from companies who help fund genocide in Darfur.
Show Me Yours, I'll Show You Mine…Style, I MeanMy boyfriend teases that I only go out to see cute outfits on other girls. It's true. I love dressing for a night out but I also love to see other people expressing themselves with fashion. Not just the women, …
Girls Shackled, Abused at ColumbiaJune 5, 2007 <b>This story appears in this week's print edition of the Jackson Free Press.</b> Eight adolescent girls were shackled, some of them for more than a week, at Columbia Training School because another student said they planned to …
Embrace the PaleMy grandmother died of skin cancer before I was old enough to remember her. She was absolutely gorgeous. She had smooth milky skin, green eyes, and beautiful curly black hair. She looked like she belonged in a movie with Cary …
Lou Dobbs: American BigotA few comments on my last blog about immigration made my heart pound with indignation in a way that felt oddly familiar. Was it the Jackson 2020-- a group dedicated to racial reconciliation-- meeting I attended where one woman described …
Palm Intros ‘Foleo' Mobile Companion to TreoPalm Inc. today announced the Foleo, a "mobile companion" designed to work with a Treo. The Foleo has a 10-inch screen and "full-sized" keyboard for answering e-mail received on your Treo, viewing attachments, surfing websites using the Treo's Internet connection …