January 21, 2008 -
"Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men." -- Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963
January 19, 2008 -
The Nationalist Movement -- a white-supremacist group based in Learned, Miss. that bills itself as "pro-majority" -- plans to march on Jena, La. on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to protest the holiday and the Jena 6.
January 18, 2008 -
It's been a rough week for Southern power giant Duke Energy.
January 18, 2008 -
Every four years, you can always tell when the Republican presidential primaries are headed South. The claws come out, the dirty tricks ramp up -- and the political positions of the GOP hopefuls all turn sharply to the right.
January 18, 2008 -
Mississippi Public Radio will be doing a segment this morning covering the report released by the Institute this week on Hurricane Katrina and human rights.
January 17, 2008 -
Attorneys representing uninsured patients filed a lawsuit today to require Louisiana to reopen Charity Hospital or to take other measures to care for people with chronic health conditions that have been worsened by a lack of access to doctors since Hurricane Katrina. Louisiana has one of the highest rates of uninsured residents in the nation.
January 17, 2008 -
Discussions about youth involvement in government and politics frequently turn to the question: "Do they still teach civics these days?" With early voting underway in many states in the South and Super Tuesday right around the corner, parents have an excellent opportunity for a real life civics lesson: Take your kids with you when you vote!