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Human Rights

What Southerners want from immigration reform

By Chris Kromm

June 12, 2014 - As immigration changes the face of the South, a new report offers insight into how the views of Southerners compare to the rest of the country about immigration reform.

Politics

Demographers: The South, and its political clout, will keep rising

By Chris Kromm

January 22, 2014 - Projections about what the U.S. electoral map will look like in the coming decades show the nation's political gravity will continue to shift to Southern states.

Politics

Did Big Money really lose this election? Hardly.

By Chris Kromm

November 9, 2012 - Democrats are gleefully pointing to the failure of big-spending GOP donors to put Obama and Congressional Democrats out of office. But reports of Big Money's death are greatly exaggerated.

Politics

Will the Duke Energy scandal hurt the Democrats in November?

By Sue Sturgis

July 12, 2012 - The Democratic Party tied its upcoming convention's fortunes to Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers, now embroiled in a scandal over an abrupt CEO switch following the company's merger with Progress Energy. What will the controversy mean for the party in the upcoming election?

Politics

INSTITUTE INDEX: Should Congressmen trade stock in companies they oversee?

By Sue Sturgis

June 26, 2012 - A Washington Post investigation finds that members of Congress are trading stock in companies they have the power to influence. That's perfectly legal under current law and ethics rules -- but should it be?

As immigrations sweeps overwhelm detention systems, some private companies look to benefit

By Desiree Evans

October 9, 2008 - This week's large-scale immigration raid at Columbia Farms, a chicken processing plant near Greenville, S.C, where more than 300 were arrested, is just the latest in a stepped-up federal enforcement effort that has resulted in the deportation of thousands of illegal workers in recent months, re

Papers report dismal 6 months

By Chris Kromm

May 8, 2006 - The Drudge Report (which has every reason to celebrate the demise of print journalism, for several reasons) is listing the latest circulation figures for the top 20 newspapers, and the 6-month trend lines don't look too good.

What happens to DoD money?

By Chris Kromm

April 28, 2006 - Over at TAPPED, Matthew Yglesias notes a recent report by the Congressional Research Service (covered in the Washington Post) analyzing spending for the Iraq war. Apparently it's a slow read until the end:

Immigration the new third rail?

By R. Neal

March 28, 2006 - As I mentioned here before, I believe the U.S. needs a rational immigration policy but I'm not sure what one looks like. I'm surprised that Congress has decided to take it on in a hotly contested election year, but I guess I shouldn't be because there could be lots of votes to be gained with the right posturing and rhetoric.

Economy

Virginia rejects minimum wage hike

By R. Neal

February 9, 2006 - From the Washington Post, the Virginia legislature rejected a proposed state minimum wage increase to $6.15 per hour, leaving the current federal minimum wage standard of $5.15 in place.