December 16, 2010 -
Over the past five years, percent of the 100 largest U.S. metro areas where racial segregation increased: 25 Percent of those same metro areas where segregation increased for Hispanics: 50
December 16, 2010 -
By Corey Hutchins, Columbia Free Times When Gov.-elect Nikki Haley said her nominee to head up the state's labor agency will aid her in helping "fight the unions" -- and specifically help keep unions from organizing at aircraft-maker Boeing's North Charleston assembly plant -- the director of South Carolina's leading labor organization reacted by asking her group's national office to investigate whether such declarations were in line with the law.
December 16, 2010 -
I won't lie -- it's freezing here in North Carolina. But thanks to you, I'm feeling merry and bright.Why? Because however chilly it is outside, one thermometer keeps going up: the one tracking our holiday fundraiser for the Institute Investigative Fund!
December 15, 2010 -
Emerging federal air and water quality regulations for coal-fired power plants could lead to a wave of plant closings -- with many of the shutdowns happening across the coal-dependent South.
December 14, 2010 -
By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica One of the most striking moments in the federal civil rights prosecutions arising from the death of Henry Glover came when Lt. Dwayne Scheuermann, a police officer lauded in New Orleans for his heroic work after Hurricane Katrina, took the stand.