October 23, 2008 -
        
  
        We're less than 12 days until the election. Which Southern states can still claim the coveted title of "battleground" in the presidential race? 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 23, 2008 -
        
  
        It's been one week since the start of early voting in North Carolina, a leading battleground state this year. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 23, 2008 -
        
  
        A conflict has arisen in Florida between elections supervisors and the Secretary of State over how to deal with new voters whose registration hasn't been verified. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 23, 2008 -
        
  
        One of the most bitter political fights that occurred in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath involved the fate of New Orleans' public housing developments. 
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 22, 2008 -
        
  
        As the world witnessed during Hurricane Katrina's aftermath, disasters have a way of revealing underlying social inequalities. That lesson is now being repeated in the wake of last month's disaster along the Gulf Coast.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 22, 2008 -
        
  
        The Federal Emergency Management Agency is embroiled in a controversy again over dangerous formaldehyde levels in housing provided to disaster victims.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        October 22, 2008 -
        
  
        Two weeks ago, we published an in-depth piece looking into Wachovia's $8 million loan bailing out the cash-strapped National Republican Congressional Committee.