Vol. 20 No. 2 - Summer 1992
Money & Politics
Dateline: The South
Compiled by Nora Krug
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Southern News Roundup
Compiled by Eric Bates
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Where Credit Is Due
The S&L bailout is shifting small-town money to big-city banks, making it harder to get a loan in the rural South. By Marty Leary and Leticia Saucedo.
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Who Owns the Government?
Fed up with politics? That's exactly how big money wants you to feel. By Bob Hall.
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Highway Robbery
North Carolina roads are paved with campaign dollars that rob taxpayers, wreck communities, and destroy the environment. By Barry Yeoman.
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Robbin' HUD
Housing developers gave more than $1.6 million in political contributions. They got back $1.4 billion in tax benefits. By Barbara Kessler and Craig Flournoy.
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Bought and Sold
The Alabama legislature has gone to the dogs—thanks to campaign payoffs and insider deals. By Gita Maritzer Smith.
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Money Out, People In
A guide to what went wrong with campaign financing—and how to fix it. By Mary Lee Kerr and Bob Hall.
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Giving Up Spending
Elected officials and grassroots activists in West Virginia are pressuring candidates to curb their lavish campaigns. By Susan Leffler.
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"Taking Back the Political Landscape"
The author of Who Will Tell the People talks about how big money conquered politics—and how citizens can regain control. An interview with William Greider.
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"We Should Be the Government"
An Alabama activist says voter registration should be like drinking water—as easy to get, and as hard to live without. An interview with Gwen Patton.
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Fiction: The Origin of Whales
By Randall Kenan
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Southern Voices: Silence of the Looms
By Michael Chitwood
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Hard-Working Women
Images of pain, pride and everyday heroism, captured in the faces and voices of women textile workers. Photo essay by Susan H. Page.
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Koinonia Turns Fifty
Half a century after it was founded to promote racial harmony, an historic Georgia commune examines its own racism. By Jerry Gentry.
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Still the South: Miniature Golf
By Harrell Chotas and Mary Lee Kerr
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