Politics

November 14, 2012 - Outside groups unleashed more than $14 million into North Carolina state races, helping fuel Republican victories across the state.

November 12, 2012 - Amid all the talk of a "New South," the region remains plagued by the old problems of entrenched poverty and racism.

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.

November 9, 2012 - According to an election night survey, 9 percent of white voters had to wait 30 minutes or more to vote, compared to 22 percent of African Americans and 24 percent of Hispanics. In its war on voting, who is the GOP fighting against?

November 8, 2012 - After Tuesday's election, President Obama's health care plan remains alive. But its future is uncertain, with many Southern states still uncommitted to creating insurance exchanges and others rejecting federal funding to expand coverage for the poor.

November 7, 2012 - Republicans won control of the Arkansas Senate and House for the first time since Reconstruction, while strengthening control in many other Southern statehouses. The "Solid South" is increasingly looking solid red.

November 7, 2012 - A coalition of grassroots organizations from across the South kicks off 100 days of post-election actions aimed at building the Southern Freedom Movement.