May 27, 2009 -
A new report by hunger-relief charity Feeding America provides the first state-by-state analysis of early childhood hunger in the United States
May 27, 2009 -
Political pundits routinely dismiss the South as a region that's losing relevance -- but the U.S. public appears to have missed the memo.
May 26, 2009 -
With the Supreme Court now considering one of the most serious challenges to the 1965 Voting Rights Act in history -- and states battling over election law, like voter ID in Texas --
May 26, 2009 -
Although private-sector employees in North Carolina have bargaining rights, state law specifically forbids collective bargaining by North Carolina's 650,000 public employees.
May 26, 2009 -
Seven people were arrested for trespassing Sunday during a nonviolent protest against a Massey Energy subsidiary's plans to blast just 100 feet away from a massive dam holding back billions of gallons of toxic coal waste in the mountains of West Virginia.
May 23, 2009 -
SOUTHERN BASE TOWNS SUFFER BRUNT OF IRAQ LOSSES: A new Institute report for Memorial Day weekend finds that nearly half of U.S.-based troops killed in Iraq had been stationed in the South. (5/22/2009)
