November 25, 2015 -
Rural America is long on opportunity and short on people. If the rest of America doesn't want an influx of courageous and determined new residents, send them our way.
November 23, 2015 -
He's being called a "Blue Dog Democrat," but John Bel Edwards' successful campaign for Louisiana governor focused on populist themes like Medicaid expansion, tax fairness, increasing the minimum wage and defending public schools.
November 20, 2015 -
A task force studying ways to fix the state's broken health care system takes aim at a law that criminalizes prenatal drug use.
November 20, 2015 -
Dirty-energy interests including Duke Energy and Koch Industries' owners are spending aggressively to kill policies that aim to speed the transition to a more environmentally sustainable energy future in states including North Carolina and Florida.
November 20, 2015 -
A new report finds that where a voter lives is the single biggest factor in determining Election Day wait lines, with Southern states ranking among the worst. Another big factor is race, with African Americans on average waiting more than twice as long as whites. The report offers suggestions for how to fix the problem.
November 20, 2015 -
While politicians' hostile response to Syrian refugees has dominated the national debate since last week's tragedy, local leaders across the South are calling for compassion, fighting Islamophobia and taking action to welcome families fleeing war.
November 19, 2015 -
Join us on Friday, Nov. 20 in Durham, North Carolina for an event with journalist Ari Berman, author of a widely-acclaimed book looking at the 50-year struggle to expand and defend the right to vote.
