January 17, 2007 -
When the levee systems built and maintained by the federal government failed in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the resulting deluge flooded 80 percent of New Orleans and surrounding parishes, leading to more than 1,000 deaths and billions of dollars in property damage.
January 17, 2007 -
Once again, a politician has "slipped" to reveal dubious views about race, lurking not far beneath the surface. From Richmond, Virginia:
January 16, 2007 -
Last week we looked at Education Week's 2007 Quality Counts study and its Chance-for-Success Index, which found that Southern states lag behind the national average in a variety of measures. The study ranked Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama tied at 45th overall.
January 15, 2007 -
The struggle to have a King Holiday was a 15-year, protracted battle, and political leaders who now trip over each other to shake hands at King Day events were slow to embrace this day of remembrance.
January 15, 2007 -
About 400 workers at the giant Smithfield hog-processing facility in Tar Heel, N.C. missed the first shift today to protest the company's decision not to give them the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday as a paid day off, the Associated Press reports:
January 12, 2007 -
The New Orleans Times-Picayune has launched a public blog allowing readers to weigh in on the worsening city's crime problem, which led to yesterday's anti-violence protest marches that drew about 3,000 people and
January 12, 2007 -
Has Sen. Joe Lieberman sold out on his campaign promise to hold the Bush regime accountable for its disastrous mishandling of Hurricane Katrina in order to serve as the Democratic lackey for its unpopular Iraq surge strategy?
