Politics
October 17, 2007 -
Why is Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf Coast recovery an important national issue? There are lots of reasons, but a big one is political. The failing Gulf Coast recovery, which has kept at least a third of those displaced by Katrina from coming home, has dramatically changed the political map of Louisiana and the South.
October 16, 2007 -
About two weeks ago, Steven Thomma wrote an excellent piece for McClatchy Newspapers outlining the decline of the religious right's political influence.
October 10, 2007 -
This year, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart ranked #1 in Fortune's list of the 500 biggest corporations in the United States, bringing in $351 billion in annual revenues.
September 26, 2007 -
Testimony comes as Bush administration, Senate GOP seeks to limit housing available to poor New Orleans residents
September 14, 2007 -
Women of the Storm -- a nonprofit, nonpartisan alliance of Louisiana women whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina and/or Rita -- is working with Dillard, Loyola, Tulane and Xavier universities to encourage the Commission on Presidential Debates to hold one of their 2008 debates at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans.
September 6, 2007 -
The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that West TN businessman Mike McWherter, the son of wildly popular former TN Governor Ned Ray McWherter, is still the front runner among unannounced candidates to challenge Sen. Lamar Alexander for U.S. Senate.
August 21, 2007 -
An activist blogger has filed a formal complaint with the Federal Election Commission, alleging violation of federal campaign finance and election laws by running a "testing the waters"" operation far longer than is allowed.