July 12, 2006 -
In late 2001, Jordan Green of the Institute for Southern Studies broke the story about Halliburton (link is to Feb.
July 12, 2006 -
Alcoa Aluminum Co., with operations in Arkansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Texas, and other states including Tennessee where they employ 1600 workers, recently asked their 9,000 United Steelworker employees for concessions in a new contract.
July 11, 2006 -
The Bush administration has released storm protection plans for Louisiana that some say are severely lacking:
July 10, 2006 -
[Will be light bloggin from Chris this week while he's on vacation.]
July 7, 2006 -
The Common Sense Foundation in Raleigh passes long the news:
July 7, 2006 -
This has been a especially deadly year to be a miner.
July 7, 2006 -
The South has more of its population in prisons or jails than any other part of the country. It's also the region where workers have the fewest rights. Put these elements together, and you have the modern-day equivalent of the convict leasing system, as described in a revealing story in the New York Times this week: