Troubling details are coming out of reporting direct from the Parchman State Penitentiary in central Mississippi; problems recently reported at this prison include power outages, under staffing, overcrowding, and resulting “unrest” (in the words of MDOC.) Now, officials are moving hundreds of prisoners to other facilities like the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, but […]
Continue ReadingThe Plight of the Homeless as Winter Approaches This year, it seems like we went right from summer into winter. One day it was 80 degrees outside, and the next day, the high was something like 60. For the most fortunate among us, it’s just an annoyance – having to turn on a space heater […]
Continue ReadingKeeping Monsanto Out of Your Home Garden We know that the global biotech company Monsanto does some crazy things with nature – they’ve been in the public eye for years and years. But some conscientious gardeners don’t know exactly how many of the smaller seed companies have been bought up by this corporate giant, and […]
Continue ReadingYou Are Labor! *Farm Fresh Media Staff Writer When we really talk frankly about our freedoms as Americans, we run into some pretty tricky semantic problems. One of the absolute worst ones is trying to talk about the interests of labor in an age where people don’t really understand what it means to stick up […]
Continue ReadingThe George Powell Case: False Testimony and Bad Science Got a Man 28 Years *Farm Fresh Media Staff Writer Since 2009, Texas native Georgia Powell remains locked up for a crime he says he didn’t commit – robbing a local Killeen, Texas 7-Eleven store. However, last month, Powell won the right to a new trial, […]
Continue ReadingWhat Is A Verbal Court Order? If you’ve ever had to deal with the idea of a “verbal court order,” you may have ended up scratching your head, wondering how it’s possible that the formal pronouncements of the judge, which happen in such an official setting, can ever be represented orally instead of on paper. […]
Continue ReadingThis Article is brought to you by our advocacy program: www.ADVOCACY.fyi How do you define advocacy? There certainly at least two definitions. One is the informal definition of advocacy, which includes counseling, life coaching, informal assistance with understanding legal or financial paperwork, and all kinds of other natural collaborative work to help people […]
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