From Negative to Positive: Jackson’s Young People Fight for a Voice
By Jeffery Caliedo and Meché Leflore Additional reporting by August Harp and Y’Sonni Pressley Zion Blount, 17, silently stood in awe staring at the towering 555-foot white pillar known as the Washington Monument in summer 2017. She readjusted her glasses and her white-collared shirt above her black boots and slacks. The Reflection Pool, calmly shimmering […]
From Woolworth’s to #BlackLivesMatter: Protesting for Life, Freedom and Dignity
By Kaitlyn Fowler and Maisie Brown Additional reporting by Joshua Wright, Z’eani Furdge and Chauncey Nettles The spray-painting of the demonstrators just added to the carnival atmosphere and elevated both the hysteria and the horror. In a sea of white customers, three dark spots speckled the startled crowd at Woolworth’s in downtown Jackson on May […]
Supporting Black Dollars and Businesses in Jackson, Miss.
by Asia Mangum, Kenytta Brown and Makallen Kelley Maati Joan Prim greets visitors to Marshall’s Music & Bookstore on Farish Street with a warm, enthusiastic hug, making them feel welcome from the start. On this day, her hair is wrapped in a yellow African head wrap, and she wears a matching shirt and an orange dashiki […]
Be Your Own Person, Even If It Takes Change
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Kelsee Ford“] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/joshua_wright_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/joshua_wright_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Josh Wright People can change. It’s their choice to change. You can’t force them to change. People’s beliefs are their own. It is OK to stand behind your beliefs when you have a good reason, but it […]
Money Issues Shouldn’t Take Away Higher Education Opportunities
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Kelsee Ford“] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/darryn_price_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/darryn_price_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Darryn Price A quote by Nelson Mandela states: “Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world.” With that being said, college shouldn’t be as over-priced as it is because education is vital […]
Birth Control Not What Many Think, and Saves Lives
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo by Kelsee Ford“] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kaitlyn_fowler_kelsee_ford_web-1.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/kaitlyn_fowler_kelsee_ford_web-1.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Kaitlyn Fowler “Birth control,” a stranger says to me, “shouldn’t be covered by insurance. Just don’t get pregnant.” I clench my teeth. I’m not particularly fond of getting into arguments with strangers, but I’m also not fond […]
Global Warming Is Real and Dangerous
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ariel_Willingham_Ik_web.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ariel_Willingham_Ik_web.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Ariel Willingham In this day and age, factories are all over the world. The United States, Germany, France, Mexico, China and Japan, for example, are some of the many countries that have big factories. These facilities are […]
‘I Can’t Even Shoot a Three-pointer’
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Kelsee Ford”] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ariyana_Jones_photo_cred_Kelsee_Ford_web.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Ariyana_Jones_photo_cred_Kelsee_Ford_web.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Ariyana Jones “Black people love fried chicken.” “White people can’t dance.” “Mexican people love tacos.” Those are all racial stereotypes. I hear and see things like this way too much out in public, and on the Internet. No matter […]
Black and Bougie: Not a ‘Ride-or -Die Chick’
[gdlr_frame type=”rectangle border” background=”#b89f80″ align=”left” caption=”Photo by Kaitlyn Fowler”] [gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/asia_mangum_kaitlyn_fowler_web.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/asia_mangum_kaitlyn_fowler_web.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Asia Mangum You know the black girl they call “bougie.” You can find her in a predominantly black public school. She’s the one who always dresses nice. She looks like she has a job interview everyday. You […]
