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 […]
Potholes Can Take Away Our Loved Ones
[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/2017/07/shakira_porter_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/shakira_porter_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] By Shakira Porter On June 12, 2017, Marie Jones was riding down Terry Road on her way to the Regional Housing Authority building when she lost control of her vehicle. It flew in the air and hit a […]
Racists Can Change After All
[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/makallen_kelly_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/makallen_kelly_kelsee_ford_web.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Makallen Kelley By the time I got to middle school, I’d come to terms with the world we live in. I was aware that people weren’t always welcoming and that racists ruled the world. But after attending Jeffery […]
White Saviors, You’re Doing It Wrong
[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/Chole_Bishop_Ik.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Chole_Bishop_Ik.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Chloe Bishop Every black community has that white person who comes in, looks around the place and decides that they are going to “save the youth” or “fix the community.” Some people call this the “white savior […]
Carpe Diem! Live In The Moment!
[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/Kenytta_Brown_Ik.jpg” alt=” ” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Kenytta_Brown_Ik.jpg” target=”_blank” width=”270px”][/gdlr_frame] by Kenytta Brown When I was 15, I remember using my silver laptop sitting on my soft green couch just writing my thoughts about what will happen in the next five years. I thought so much about college […]
Stop Whitewashing and Exploiting Asians in the Film Industry
[gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jeffery_Caliedo_Ik.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Jeffery_Caliedo_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] by Jeffrey Caliedo With the recent release of new Hollywood movie, “Ghost in the Shell,” and Netflix original “Death Note,” anger is growing over the constant diminishment of Asian people and culture, replaced with European counterparts. This form of systematic oppression is known as […]
Liberty and Justice for ‘All’
[gdlr_frame type=”border” align=”left” caption=”Photo Courtesy Imani Khayyam”][gdlr_image_link type=”image” image_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Meche_LeFlore_Ik.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Meche_LeFlore_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] By Meché Leflore I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation Under God indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Ah, America, a country that prides itself on being a […]
At Inaugural, Mayor Chokwe Lumumba Lifts Up Jackson
Mayor Chowke Lumumba and the new first lady, Ebony Lumumba, greet supporters at his inauguration on July 3, 2017. (Photo by Kelsee Ford) By Kenyetta Brown Early on this sunny Monday morning, I went with a team of Youth Media Project students to witness history inside the Jackson Convention Complex as our youngest mayor in the […]
