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Vaccination Exemptions and Outbreaks by State
A measles outbreak originating at Disneyland in California has infected more than 120 people across 14 states since December. California allows vaccine exemptions to grant students who are not...
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Grady Champion: New Roots
Grady Champion tucked his ears and signature dreadlocks under a winter hat. It was February, and the roller coaster of cold and heat wasn't helping the acre of flatland around his home in Canton. He...
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Grady Champion has seen many musicians come and go over the course of his illustrious career, but the blues musician says his current backing musicians, though young, are some of the best band members...
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‘Justice, Justice, Thou Shalt Pursue’: The JFP Interview with Roberta Kaplan
Like many LGBTQ couples, New York attorney Roberta Kaplan and her wife, Rachel Lavine, have enjoyed federal marriage rights since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned federal restrictions against same-sex...
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Excerpts from Judge Carlton Reeves’ Ruling
On progress:Even an abbreviated history shows that millions of Americans were once deemed ineligible for full Fourteenth Amendment protection.But we now take for granted that racial discrimination is...
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Outside of Celebrity
In 2007, Kevin Sessums' "Mississippi Sissy" (St. Martin's Press, $24.95) became a best seller. The book opened our eyes to the life of a boy touched by tragedy, feeling like an outsider in an...
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Troubled Water, Part I: Explaining Jackson's $91 Million Siemens Contract
It's almost impossible to turn on the nightly local television news without coming across a story of a Jackson resident who was shocked to open an astronomically high City of Jackson water bill after...
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Easy Being Green
It's time for the annual Mal's St. Paddy's Parade, and many Jacksonians are getting ready for parade day. In addition to the traditional festivities, many local business establishments are ready to...
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St. Patrick's Day Celebrations at Home
Once a year, Jacksonians from all walks of life gather together to build floats, don green in a variety of ways (including tutus, a crowd favorite) and walk downtown's city streets while collecting...
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Follow the Gold-Record Road: Creating the Grammy Museum® Mississippi
Just off West Sunflower Road in Cleveland, Miss., past Walter Sillers Coliseum, where Delta State University's basketball teams speed across the court, there's a site that celebrates an entirely...
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Face the Music: Mal’s St. Paddy’s After-Party
When the floats stop floating and the bead supply runs dry, Mal's St. Paddy's Parade still has more entertainment to offer. Here's a look at the bands that will wrap up the day at the official...
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2015 Mal’s St. Paddy’s Parade
Due to the construction on East Capitol Street underway to make the street two-way, the Mal's St. Paddy's Parade route changed in 2014. This year's route is the same as last year's.The parade will...
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Queen for a Day (or Two): Your Guide to the 2015 Zippity Doo Dah Parade
Parade Schedule Friday, March 27 Sweet Potato Queens Big Hat Brunch Sal & Mookie's New York Pizza & Ice Cream Joint (565 Taylor St.) will close for lunch Friday, March 27, for the Sweet Potato...
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Find Your Voice, Girl!
It's an interesting time to be a woman. On the one hand, we have more opportunities than ever before to speak our minds, share our ideas, voice our opinions. There's social media—and chicks do love...
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Advice to a Young Woman
Amelia Steadman McGowan Find a mentor and be a mentor! Whitney Alex Barkley Tina Fey has a great new show on Netflix called the The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. At the end of the first episode, Kimmy...
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Troubled Water, Part II: The Origins of Jackson's $91 Million Siemens Contract
Nearly two months have passed since City of Jackson Department of Public Works Director Kishia Powell brought the water-meter installation project, the centerpiece of the City's $91 million contract...
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Anywhere, USA: The State of Film in Mississippi
As Ward Emling walks through downtown Jackson, his daydreams transport him to 1840. The "Old" Capitol Museum on State Street is still brand new, and politicians clamor inside about the future of...
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2015 Crossroads Film Festival
This year, the Crossroads Film Festival celebrates 16 years of providing Jacksonians with a creative, cultural and cinematic outlet. The festival, held at the Malco Grandview Cinema, features films...
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No Wine-ing
The Jackson Free Press has its annual beer tasting around summer, and we enjoy it a lot. However, for the spring food issue, we decided to try something a little different. April 1 (yes, April Fools'...
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Gathering 'Round the (Ethnic) Kitchen
Though Jackson is not New York City, it does have plenty to offer in its variety of ethnic restaurants. If you want to try your hand at cooking different foods, the metro area also offers several...
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