Egg Bowl Outlook
Rivalry games are the type of games where you can throw the record for both teams out the window. Heck, you can throw the stats out the window as well. But I'm going to try to use the stats to try to...
View ArticleThe Slate
This might be the most expensive Egg Bowl in series history. Stubhub shows single tickets to be from $136 to $1,500.Thursday, Nov 27NFL (3:30-6 p.m., Fox): There will be plenty of football on...
View ArticleJFP Top 25: Week 13
The biggest shock of the weekend was Arkansas trouncing Ole Miss 30-0 right before the Egg Bowl. Plus, Florida State struggled once again with Boston College.Could the nation get behind fired coach...
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Revisiting the Kerner Report: How Much Has Changed Since the 1960s ‘Riots’?
During the 1960s, "riots" exploded in more than 100 cities over a variety of race-based issues starting in 1964 and continuing through the decade, especially during a two-week period in July 1967, in...
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Ferguson: An American Moment
What you have to look at is what is happening in this country. And what is really happening is that brother has murdered brother knowing it was his brother. White men have lynched Negroes knowing them...
View Article#Ferguson: A Timeline of Events
Aug. 9: At about noon, Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African American high school graduate, was shot and killed by white Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, 27, in the Canfield Green Apartment...
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LEGO Jackson: Making Progress in Plastic
Peering down at the city of Jackson from above, familiar sites appear strange and new. There's the Standard Life building, which towers above City Hall, where Mayor Tony Yarber delivers a speech on the...
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Heart for a Cause
The American Heart Association's Metro Jackson Heart Ball is both a fundraiser and an opportunity to promote the organization and its mission: to improve cardiovascular health and reduce deaths from...
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Marcie Cohen Ferris Goes Through the Food Lens
In "The Edible South: The Power of Food and the Making of an American Region (University of North Carolina Press, 2014, $35), Marcie Cohen Ferris uses the lens of food to step into a vast and complex...
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Then and Now: When ‘School Choice’ Creates a Divide
"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance" reads a sign sitting on former Gov. William Winter's office desk. He keeps it there as a reminder and points to it when asked about the full funding...
View ArticleWhat is a ‘Segregation Academy’?
Madison-Ridgeland Academy opened its doors in 1969. Jackson Preparatory School came a year later, in 1970—the same year that Magnolia Heights Academy in Senatobia opened, and Pillow Academy in...
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What Grew Out of TEDx Jackson
On Nov. 6, everyone from business executives to creatives and even a sassy frog gathered at the Pix/Capri Theater. They excitedly chattered as they waited for the doors to the venue to finally open and...
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Wishes for Change in 2015
"Be the change." Those are three such simple words, yet so powerful. Gandhi's call for each of us to just go become the change we want to see around us is truly the first step to creating stronger...
View ArticleThe Best Tweets from TEDx Jackson
@browndamon 'I followed this idea of archeology as a romance and a science.' —Dr. George Bey(@SoQuoMe) #quote #archeology #science #TEDxJXN @TEDxJackson@TEDxJackson "It's not a party until the Mayan...
View ArticleMemorable Quotes from TEDxJackson
"There are as many ways to be creative as there are Muppets. And there are a lot of Muppets." —Kermit the Frog"The mind of a child is a beginner's mind." —Kermit the Frog"It's cute, honey, but it's not...
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JFP 2015 College Basketball Preview
Last college basketball season, all six of Mississippi's Division I teams missed the NCAA Tournament. The closest any team came to the Big Dance was the University of Southern Mississippi. Neither SEC...
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JFP 2015 College Basketball Preview: The Smalls
Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State University has to be one of the favorites to win the SWAC this season. The Braves return with preseason SWAC Player of the Year and preseason first-team All-SWAC...
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Howell Trophy Favorites
Each year the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum hands out the Howell Trophy to the best men's college basketball player in Mississippi. And every year, I take my best guesses for which players...
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Legislators on a Tight Rope, Walking a Fine Line
Officials and advocates don't expect this legislative session to be much different than any other. It's a state-wide election year, which is the perfect time for emphasizing wedge issues and...
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Bold Requests from the ‘Bold New City’
It's tough to assess the City of Jackson's position going into the 2015 legislative session. In past years, despite rhetoric from lawmakers and city officials about opportunities to build consensus...
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