by Tina Neeley | Jun 1, 2022 | Feature
It’s payday, and you’ve written down your wages and itemized what has to come out. Water and electricity, rent or mortgage payment, car payment, gas, prescriptions, and groceries crowd out other needs. Already, more money is going out than coming in. Something...
by Tina Neeley | Jun 1, 2022 | Feature
South Jackson Civic Center is a hub of creative activity steeped in performing arts which Webster defines as “types of art (such as music, dance, or drama) performed for an audience.” The center is a community resource for entertainment and education. It has served...
by Guest Writer | Jun 1, 2022 | Feature
An older gentleman living across the street shows himself peculiar in this world, addicted to speed and noise. Our world rushes and zips by, yet he stands unmoved and never in a hurry. The way he lives his life feels foreign as if he belongs to a different world than...
by Guest Writer | May 1, 2022 | Feature
A young man is curled up in the corner of a room built entirely of cinderblock. His body is draped in a monochromatic jumpsuit. And though it is the middle of the day and the sun is shining brightly over his building, the atmosphere around him is dark, cold, and...
by Guest Writer | May 1, 2022 | Feature
When news of COVID-19 came to America, the land of the free and the home of the brave felt more like the land of the quarantined and the home of the terrified. Rightly so, life as we knew it was flipped upside down and coughing. “As a country whole in the healthcare...
by Guest Writer | May 1, 2022 | Feature
Leadership has its advantages, like the authority to make decisions. On the other hand, a leader’s decisions are often highly scrutinized. Toss in rampant fear and anxiety from a pandemic, and you can call leadership by a new nickname: a headache. There’s more...