Featured Articles for the January 5-11, 2006 Issue

FRONT
1. Caucuses unite to restore rights 2. Link and Ledger make same bid 3. Meredith: ‘Black Brazil holds key to solution of American racial issues’ 4. George Curry to keynote Magnolia Bar MLK banquet 5. Catfish farm operate behind Humphreys tax office turmoil, Isola alderwoman claims 6. Calm after the storm

NATION/WORLD
1. Legacy.com pays tribute to heroes 2. United Nations Association honors the Links, Inc. on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations 3. MAS Freedom joins Jesse Jackson in calling for congressional hearings on surveillance 4. African American Heritage events in Hampton, Virginia

STATE/METRO
1. SBA extends application deadline to March 11, 2006 2. Sorority brings national exhibit to Jackson 3. Sammie Neal named Officer of the Year 4. Library Commission to dedicate new building 5. Tracfone for eligible Katrina evacuees 6. MS’s annual affordable housing conference creates economic impact

EDITORIALS
1. Remembering the past, as we enter 2006 2. Tisdale’s Topics: Great purple cow 3. Black Activist Coalition on Katrina 4. Uplifting Families: Questions you should discuss BEFORE you get married

PERSPECTIVE
1. Making room at America’s inn for all God’s children 2. Reparations and the love of African people 3. Immigration law question and answer

EDUCATION
1. Buckley wins Web design category in Digital Arts Festival 2. Federal afterschool dollars for MS missed the mark in 2005 3. Mississippi College ranked 25th whitest law school in the nation out of 177 historically white law schools 4. The Piney Woods School: A Student Profile (Bernice Grillier)

NEWS
1. 2005 in review 2. MLK day Champagne Gospel Brunch 3. Solid Waste Division offers paint for sale 4. Teens get ‘Crunk for Christ’ 5. Archaeologist Ian W. Brown to speak at Grand Village of the Natchez Indians 6. Owners of Edwards Dry Cleaners passes 7. MS Youth Symphony Orchestra auditions 8. Jackson Advocate hosts Ujima night of Kwanzaa

UP AND DOWN FARISH STREET

HEALTH
1. First African American sorority to relive historic health project 2. Dietary supplements can help boost immune system 3. Giving weather-related aches the cold shoulder 4. Hope rides again for heart failure patient 5. Treat yourself to healthy hair

SPORTS
1. JSU’s Johnson’s 38-points – a command performance in SWAC 2. SWAC schools bitten by big school bug in early going of 05-06 basketball season 3. Jordan All-American Classic April 22 at Madison Square Garden 4. Tiger nation celebrate Comegy’s hire 5. Nation’s largest track series opens with excellent high school and college performances

ENTERTAINMENT
1. John Legend dazzles in South Africa debut 2. African American Film Critics Assn. selects ‘Crash’ as top film of 2005 3. Applications for USA IBC’s dance school and teachers’ workshop available 4. Ticket packages for 2006 USA IBC 5. Piano concert to benefit MSO

BOOKSHELF
1. MS Journey on the Mississippi Road: How I Survived in the Old Mississippi 2. Beyond the Souls of Black Folk leading journal redefines legacy of Du Bois 3. Fall in love with Jordan 4. Sam Cooke’s success fueled by family support

CONSUMER/BUSINESS
1. Community Coffee donates over $50,000 to schools that enrolled student evacuees 2. HUD extends sign-up period for Disaster Housing Assistance 3. The benefits of buying locally grown computers 4. Changing jobs: Don’t let your 401(k) slip away