Human Rights

April 20, 2006 - Number of women legislators low in Alabama, Southeast:

April 11, 2006 - Logan Young, the central figure in a football recruiting scandal that rocked the SEC and landed Young in jail, was found murdered at his home in Memphis.

April 5, 2006 - Best-selling author (and Institute board member) Tim Tyson has an e

March 24, 2006 - The Washington Post's new blogger Ben Domenech, a staunch conservative brought on to "balance" the paper's "liberal" image, is being hammered on many fronts, including plagiarism.

February 8, 2006 - In case you missed the eulogy of Rev.

February 7, 2006 - PBS television is premiering a fascinating documentary tonight about a little-known aspect of the Southern Civil Rights Movement.

January 31, 2006 - Didn't take them long, did it? According to Stateline.org:

January 31, 2006 - Pam Spaulding has an excellent post up reminding people that Coretta Scott King wasn't just "the wife of Martin," although she worked tirelessly to ensure his legacy was remembered -- including battling the unconstructed Southerners l

January 31, 2006 - ATLANTA - "Coretta Scott King, who turned a life shattered by her husband's assassination into one devoted to enshrining his legacy of human rights and equality, has died. She was 78."

January 28, 2006 - Earlier this month, right-wing pundit John Leo -- columnist for U.S News and World Report, syndicated to newspapers nation-wide -- wrote a piece that would be forgettable if it didn't echo a growing sentiment on the right about Hurricane Katrina and issues of race in America.