March 23, 2007 -
In the most contentious debate to open among progressives since Democrats took control of Congress this year, Rep. Nancy Pelosi successfully navigated a $124 billion package to finance war in Afghanistan and Iraq, while also requiring that combat operations cease by September 2008.
March 23, 2007 -
We wrote two weeks ago about one of the more startling examples of cronyism to emerge from the U.S. attorney scandal now engulfing Washington: the brazen move to replace Arkansas' Eastern District attorney Bud Cummins with Karl Rove's chosen replacement, J. Timothy Griffin.
March 22, 2007 -
Here at Facing South, we've been following the attempted political revival of ex-Rep. Newt Gingrich (GA-R).
March 22, 2007 -
The 2007 State New Economy Index by the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation examines a number of key indicators in every state to assess their ability to compete in the emerging global economy.
March 22, 2007 -
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin held a press conference earlier this week to set the record straight on remarks first reported by the Washington Post -- and repeated here on Facing South
March 21, 2007 -
Some big news today from Louisiana on post-Katrina reconstruction:
March 21, 2007 -
Imagine being one of only three African-American children in a class of 26 eighth graders in a rural North Carolina school.