Audio of Melton and Smith's Remarks"Robert, you're like a little brother to me. I love you and I'll always love you, and I had to distance myself from your campaign ...."
Guide to Driving the Right WayI suppose I was a late bloomer by most standards: I started dating at age 16, drinking coffee at 18 and got my driver's license at 19. I wasn't one of those weird, closed-off adolescents with no social awareness. No, …
City's Debt Crisis LoomsThe Jackson City Council has put the brakes on the administration's plan to re-finance the city's debt to fill holes in the budget.
DHS Wants Training School Lawsuit DroppedLast week, the Mississippi Department of Human Services filled a motion to dismiss a lawsuit, filed on behalf of eight teenage girls, who guards reportedly shackled, and in other instances abused, at Columbia Training School. The Mississippi Protection and Advocacy …
JPS Board Tip-Toes Through Ant NestsAn emerging Jackson Public Schools board voting bloc scattered an ant's nest of controversial ideas at the last board meeting. The meeting, which ran from 6:20 p.m. until past midnight, tossed around the idea of bringing spoken prayer to the …
Fate Sealed for Ex-KlansmanThroughout his trial, James Ford Seale appeared in court wearing slacks and a dress shirt. This morning, as he walked in shackles into a U.S. District Court in Jackson, he wore an orange Madison County-issued jumpsuit. In the courtroom, neither …
Broken Katrina PromisesRacial discrimination, housing crises and neglect of prisoner rights in the wake of Katrina is the subject of a new ACLU report released Monday, Aug. 20. In anticipation of the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina on Aug. 29, the ACLU …
Don't Let Stokes Stop ProgressLivingston Village rode in on the violent tendrils of Hurricane Katrina. It's one of those once-in-a-century opportunities made possible through astounding tax credits from the federal government, but the federal GO-Zone legislation that makes it possible comes with a deadline. …
[Stiggers] Welcome to Silicon GhettoBoneqweesha Jones: "In the world of home entertainment, consumers pay $300 to $500 for a brand new Blue Ray or High Definition DVD player. In the ghetto, financially challenged consumers pay $300 to $500 a month for an entertainment center—complete …
[Kamikaze] The Chip on Czech ShouldersSince my arrival in the Czech Republic, I've been getting abreast of Czech politics and a lot of the lightning-rod issues that folks here have to deal with.
[Dickerson] Who's Zooming Whom?Earlier this month, President Bush signed into law revisions to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It gives the Bush administration new power to screen your e-mails and listen in on your telephone conversations.
The Truth About Barbour's ‘Blind Trust'Bloomberg News is still hot on Barbour's trail. Today, they reveal much more about his so-called "blind trust" in the lobbying firm that lobbied the state for Katrina-related contracts—it pays him $300,000 a year. It starts:
Zikri ArslanFor a man who has moved to a different place almost every year since he came to the United States from Turkey in 1996, laying down roots is a new experience for Jackson State University professor Zikri Arslan. "I'm getting …
The Myth Of SeparationYoung Abraham left his father Azar's house after losing all hope of teaching him about God.