October 18, 2006 -
Last Friday, October 13, a group of 50 grassroots leaders gathered in Ripley, West Virginia to reflect on the rich history of the Commission on Religion in Appalachia, or CORA.
October 18, 2006 -
Open Source with Christopher Lydon, a nationally syndicated public radio show out of Cambridge Massachusetts, had an in-depth look at the Tennessee Senate race last night.
October 17, 2006 -
As reported here earlier, "sanctity of marriage" amendments are on the ballot in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia.
October 17, 2006 -
The NAACP is sending hundreds of workers to ten states to monitor the November elections:
October 17, 2006 -
A couple weeks ago, Wal-Mart announced that -- in addition to expanding its Blue Light Special empire into China (where, unlike U.S. employees, Wal-Mart workers will have unions) -- it is launching a drive to register 1.3 million of its "associates" to vote.As Daniel Gross points out at Slate, it wouldn't be a stretch to doubt the motives of the Bentonville, Ark. retail goliath's experiment in civic engagement:
October 16, 2006 -
Mining is a dangerous job, and this year it's taken an especially big toll.
October 16, 2006 -
Last week, the Institute released the findings of a major project we've been working on for over six months -- a national public opinion poll, one of the first surveys to take an in-depth look at Southern attitudes towards the Iraq war.