Politics
October 21, 2011 -
North Carolina powerbroker Art Pope doesn't like the media attention he's received since a New Yorker profile pushed him and his political empire into the national spotlight three weeks ago. Here's why he deserves all the public scrutiny -- and more.
October 20, 2011 -
North Mississippi Rural Legal Services is closing its office in the region's largest city and shuttering a unit that handles public benefits issues -- at the very time the public needs its services more than ever.
October 19, 2011 -
The proposal would have most Americans paying far more in taxes -- and most millionaires paying far less.
October 18, 2011 -
The House voted last week to block the EPA from regulating coal ash as hazardous waste -- and now state waste officials are gearing up to fight strict federal oversight, too.
October 17, 2011 -
A big part of Tea Party darling Herman Cain's media image is about being a political outsider. But a new Associated Press report shows how the conservative activist group Americans for Prosperity, led by the Koch brothers and Art Pope, has been a critical springboard for the 2012 Republican presidential hopeful.
October 17, 2011 -
As fear about the future grows within Alabama's immigrant community, a diverse group of activists is working to provide information and sometimes even protection to immigrants.
October 14, 2011 -
This year, state legislatures pushed a raft of bills that would make it more difficult to vote. Could those bills change the outcome of the 2012 elections?