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        July 6, 2007 -
        
  
        Injustice in Jena		Bill Quigley	Guest Contributor	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 6, 2007 -
        
  
        Families in desperate need of housing while FEMA trailers moulder in distant fields. Homeowners waiting endlessly for checks to fund rebuilding. Habitable public housing complexes boarded up while affordable apartments disappear.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 6, 2007 -
        
  
        Here at Facing South, we have closely followed the rapidly changing demographics of the South.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 5, 2007 -
        
  
        Severe drought conditions -- the worst in more than a hundred years -- continue around the South, with widespread total crop losses reported in Alabama. Recent heavy rains reduced drought severity in some areas, and this six-week animiated map shows some improvement.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
    
          
              
            
            
            
        July 5, 2007 -
        
  
        On the official Web site for his anticipated presidential run, former U.S. Sen.
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
          
        
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 5, 2007 -
        
  
        USA Today reports that the National Guard has turned around a recruiting slump, meeting its target for new sign-ups for the first time since 2003. As of May, the Guard had 351,400 troops -- the highest total since November 2001, when a surge of post-/11 patriotism swelled the ranks.	
  
      
     
   
  
  
    
        
          
              
            
            
            
        July 4, 2007 -
        
  
        It's another hot Independence Day down South -- and once again, for your holiday reading pleasure, Facing South shares two of our favorite pieces in celebration of July 4th: