Ben Allen and Mike Peters on Downtown WLEZ-FMBen Allen and Mike Peters are on the radio right now at WLEZ-FM (103.7 FM)( talking about the potential of downtown development RIGHT NOW. Streams live at http://www.wlezfm.com.
Abstinence-Only Doesn't WorkAbstinence-only-until-marriage programs—the kind the federal government backs with millions in tax dollars—don't reduce teen pregnancies or STDs, according to "Emerging Answers 2007: Research Findings on Programs to Reduce Teen Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Diseases," a report from the non-partisan National …
EDITORIAL: McMillin Needs a Chief, Not a Badge<i>This editorial appears in the print edition this week. The mayor has requested that Council schedule a time at a special meeting today at 4 p.m. to confirm Sheriff McMillin as police chief.</i>
Lott Announces RetirementSen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., stood before a room of reporters, colleagues and friends at the Edison Walthall Hotel in Jackson to announce his retirement on Monday. Lott, 66, has served in the U.S. Congress for 35 years, six of which …
Prayer Vigil of Hope and Relief Funds for Latasha Norman[Press release] Attend a Prayer Vigil of Hope, the second vigil for the missing Jackson State University student Latasha Norman, at 9 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28 on the Gibbs-Green Plaza on the JSU campus. Norman, 20, a junior accounting major, …
WAPT Poll Finds City DiscontentA 16 WAPT poll of 500 registered voters, conducted by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research Inc. of Washington, D.C., found that a majority of Jackson citizens are unhappy with Jackson Mayor Frank Melton, the city council and the direction in which …
[Sue Doh Nem] Loving the LieJudy McBride: "Welcome to 'What's on Your Mind,' a Ghetto Science Television holiday special. Our topic: Pre-traumatic holiday depression of unemployed and financially challenged individuals. Join me, Judy McBride, Ghetto Science Team psychologist, as I delve into the mind of …
Winter Arts Preview: A New DialogueA young girl dressed in a floral tank top and gray biking shorts sways back and forth in a rocking chair as she sleeps. The room in which she sleeps is washed in a deep aqua blue, and a monotone …
Winter Arts Preview: Event ListingsThe concrete, steel and glass building seems unfinished, with the rawness of unformed clay. The gravel drive and rust-colored patina on the sign lettering adds to the feeling that this is a work in progress, left to weather naturally in …
Winter Arts Preview: Angelic MythsThe angel is a predictable image. Through movies, TV programs, commercial advertising, popular reproductions of Renaissance paintings and decorative ornaments, modern Western audiences are thoroughly familiar with the image of an angel as a youthful being adorned with feathery wings. …
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Leading to Violence Against LatinosThe Southern Poverty Law Center is warning that the vitrolic anti-immigrant debate is, predictably, starting to spill over into violence against Latinos. And as we've seen right here on the JFP site, and in local Democratic campaigns, the ugliness is …