May 5, 2011 -
Last November, the big themes of the 2010 elections were jobs and the economy. But in states across the South and country, many of the most pitched legislative battles have focused on another issue entirely: voting rights.
May 5, 2011 -
By Joe Atkins,
May 3, 2011 -
By Melissa del Bosque,The Texas Observer For at least a decade, Texas Democrats have waited for the state's emerging Latino majority to boost them back to power. Hispanics are now 38 percent of Texas' population and growing. While historically the state's Hispanic voter turnout has been dismal--Latinos comprised between 16 and 18 percent of the vote in recent elections--most everyone in Texas politics believed it was just a matter of time before those turnout numbers increased. And
April 29, 2011 -
The Washington budget debate has brought new attention to the tax breaks and other benefits given to big energy companies in the U.S. In this week's index, a quick look at Big Oil's big windfalls.