Young Men, Stop Gambling and Save Your Life
by Shakira Porter On Wednesday, March 29, 2017, two young brothers, 16-year-old Davonza Jaron Bell and 18-year-old Donta Curry, were in Westside Park in west Jackson with a group of... Read More
I Won’t Let My Godmother Down
by Shakira Porter Photo by Nameisha Magee My godmother Lashunda Summers made me who I am today. She is a wonderful, intelligent, hard-working woman who takes care of elderly people... Read More
‘A Gang Fight Is a Gang Fight, Little Girl’
One cool summer evening, Amber and CJ went on a walk that took a dangerous turn resulting in a ‘gang fight’ and someone being taken to Henley Young Detention Center.... Read More
‘Almost Numbing’: Mayor Tony Yarber on Growing Up Amid Violent Crime
Mayor Tony Yarber (Jackson, Miss.) reflects on how growing up amid violent crime affected his outlook on crime, poverty, friendships and drugs. Yarber uses his experiences as a way to help... Read More
Punched in the Gut: On Police and Distrust
Zeakyy Harrington, 17, grew up in the Washington Addition, a neighborhood west of downtown Jackson, Miss. When he was 16-years-old, one of Harrington’s friends threw up their middle finger to a cop... Read More
‘My World’: Kenytta Brown
by Kenytta Brown Imagine a world with no problems Imagine our people picking cotton Thunder storms and dark skies Politicians and many lies There’s crime every hour Sometimes I wonder... Read More