Homes for the Homeless
by Bradley Mitchell Abandoned houses should be remodeled for the lower-class and homeless people in Jackson. One time when Jacorey and I were walking around, we decided to jump the gate to an abandoned house and bust the glass. After we did that, a nice woman approached us and tried to talk to us, but we ran […]
Young Men, Stop Gambling and Save Your Life
[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/Shakira_Porter_Ik_web-1-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Shakira_Porter_Ik_web-1.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] 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 guys playing dice when heated tempers turned the game into gunfire. A friend from my […]
Why Teens Commit Crime
by Patrick Harris [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/2017/04/Patrick_Harris_Ik-200×300.jpg” link_url=”https://www.jxnpulse.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Patrick_Harris_Ik.jpg” alt=””][/gdlr_frame] One week before my mother needed some money for the rent man and bills, my brothers and I made some plans for each one of us to help our mother pay rent. My little brother went to the store, and stole […]
YMP-PTA Mayor Forum Video, Questionnaire
Here is the Facebook Live video from the Youth Mayoral Forum at Provine High School on Monday, April 17, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Supervisor Robert Graham had confirmed, but did not show up. The questions are below this post in the comments so you can follow along. Video #1: Video #2 (closing statements): WJTV […]
‘Money Can Read; He’s Smart’
by Marquavious Harris Photo above of Harris by Dartavius Archie Money is this 20-year-old boy who is my cousin. Money grew up in Jackson, Miss., on a small side of town called the Virden Addition. Money’s father was in jail before he turned 9, so he really didn’t have a father figure to look up […]
Solutions to ‘Heartbreaking Violence’: How to Stop the Cycle
by Maisie Brown and Donna Ladd It was the middle of the summer, and the Westside Early Childhood Development Center was packed with little people. Children were in the halls; they were in the gym; they were in the classrooms. Adults were sprinkled in, directing and teaching curriculum such as Project Read that makes literacy […]
