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The Jackson Free Press (JFP) is Jackson's smart alternative, covering news, culture and politics for Mississippi's capital city. The JFP is Mississippi's first and only AAN publication, serving a growing metropolitan area of 450,000, including 30,000+ college students. Steeped in...
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- Market Served: Metropolitan Area
- Address: P. O. Box 5067, Jackson, MS 39296
- Phone: (601) 362-6121
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Wedge Issues Bring Heated Debatesnew
Mississippi Democrats turned up the heat in debates over abortion, immigration and voter rights last week.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
03-18-2012 |
Policy Issues
Personhood: Symbol or Substance?new
Despite a loss in November's election, anti-abortion "personhood" efforts are gaining steam in Mississippi and elsewhere around the country.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
02-24-2012 |
Health
Stink on Pinknew
The Komen debacle washes up good and bad on local shores, and shows cracks in the Dallas charity.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Betty Brink and Gayle Reaves |
02-09-2012 |
Women's Issues
Can't Do Nothin' For Ya, Mannew
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is grounded, and the Legislature's allowance is being reduced. This week, Bryant made his first executive budget recommendation to lawmakers at the Capitol. As expected, he took a do-the-same-with-less approach to government spending.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
02-09-2012 |
News
The Hypocrisy of the American Pro-Life Movementnew
For pro-lifers to consistently and enthusiastically vote for leaders whose foreign policies will admittedly lead to the deaths of thousands of civilians — women, children, babies — in order to achieve political objectives is something I cannot understand.
Charleston City Paper |
Jack Hunter |
01-28-2009 |
Commentary
More by Elizabeth Waibel
Rally Protests Contraceptive Rulenew
American and Christian flags stood on equal footing in front of the U.S. Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., as about 60 people gathered to protest a rule that requires health-insurance plans to cover contraceptives.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
06-19-2012 |
Women's Issues
Mississippi's Anti-Abortion Law Part of Nationwide Trendnew
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant signed the first major piece of anti-abortion legislation into law this week—a measure designed to close the state's only abortion clinic.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
04-19-2012 |
Women's Issues
Space Explorers for a Daynew
At Walton Elementary School on a Friday afternoon, students in one of the classrooms sat on the floor, rapt attention focused on one of their classmates who was sitting on a replica space toilet. Outside in the parking lot, another student sat in a miniature space shuttle cockpit, which lurched side-to-side as he steered it.
Jackson Free Press |
Elizabeth Waibel |
03-31-2012 |
Education
