Politics
September 18, 2009 -
The voter ID debate was reeneergized Thursday when the Indiana Court ofAppeals struck down the Indiana state law requiring voters to showidentification, considered the strictest voter ID law of its kind inthe country. As Facing South has reported, voter ID legislation was a hot-button andcontentious issue across the country during the 2008 campaign season.Earlier this year, in state legislatures across the South and around
September 18, 2009 -
Arkansas Democrats Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Rep.
September 18, 2009 -
By Christian Smith-Socaris, Progressive States Network
September 17, 2009 -
By Bob Hall, Democracy North Carolina
September 17, 2009 -
Ever since Rep. Joe Wilson's Tourette's-like outburst of "you lie!" during President Obama's health care address last week, debate has swirled about the role of race in the incident.Jimmy Carter himself said he thought Rep.
September 10, 2009 -
Rep. Joe Wilson is getting his 15 minutes of national fame after bellowing "you lie!" during President Obama's health care address last night. But Wilson earned notoriety in his home state of South Carolina in the late 1990s when, as a state legislator, he was one of the staunchest defenders of flying the Confederate battle flag over the state capitol.