May 19, 2008 -
This year was the first "big election" test of North Carolina's new same-day registration and voting law, and results show it was a huge success.
May 16, 2008 -
As I reported yesterday, a national inter-faith group is expanding on the critical role that religious institutions have played in the Katrina rebuilding effort by launching the Isaiah Funds, an innovative loan and grant program to jump-start rebuilding in New Orleans.
May 16, 2008 -
Earlier this year, we reported on an incident at the Global Nuclear Fuel plant in Wilmington, N.C. in which moisture was found in a vessel containing uranium, a situation that can lead to a dangerous radiation release known as a "burst." On Monday, May 19, the U.S.
May 16, 2008 -
This Sunday, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will be holding its second annual Gatsby Dog Second Line Parade and Celebration in the New Orleans neighborhood of Algiers. Originally set for May 15, the event was moved to May 18 because of rain.
May 16, 2008 -
Could the South be contested territory again this election year? The New York Times this week looked at the role Sen.
May 15, 2008 -
Fast-food giant Burger King announced this week that it fired two employees who posted libelous comments to public Web sites about the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW), an organization pressing the company to pay a penny more per pound for tomatoes to boost pay for farmworkers.
May 15, 2008 -
A new study confirms what other reports have documented: workers who don't have unions lose out in their paychecks.
