Author Archives: Jaz Brisack

As Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Texas coast as a Category 4 storm and Gov. Greg Abbott authorized a massive evacuation effort, the Customs and...

If you’ve peeked at the news this past couple of weeks, you’d notice that there’s been an incredible amount of vitriol and violence around the city...

With the ongoing radicalization of both the left and the right across our nation, there has been a consistent push for discussing whether to expand or...

Days after a white supremacist demonstration incited racial violence and claimed three lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, President Donald Trump blamed...

As college professors, we have watched events of the past few days in Charlottesville and around the country while preparing for a new semester. We know...

This summer, a petition floating around the Ole Miss social scene caught my attention. The petition accused the university of atrociously failing at...

The now-rescinded parking rule about pulling through and backing into parking spots was not the only change that the university’s parking and transportation...

Last weekend, Jackson was full of authors speaking about their work for this year’s Mississippi Book Festival, the annual “literary lawn party” held...

If you’re anything like me, you may find yourself hesitating to open social media after a polarizing political event. Once-tame Facebook feeds become...

As today’s solar eclipse teaches us, a lack of light can be a cold and frightening experience. Unfortunately, this summer revealed an even more unnerving...