October 3, 2006 -
Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen said in an interview yesterday that the Tennessee National Guard is not prepared for a natural disaster because much of their equipment is in Iraq:
October 3, 2006 -
The long-awaited Kentucky River decision has come down, and blogger David Goldstein sums up what happened at Huffington Post: The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued its much anticipated "Kentucky River Decision" today, and it pretty much went exactly as expected. Voting along party lines, the Republican dominated NLRB gutted long-time federal labor laws by allowing employers to reclassify up to 8 million workers as "supervisors," thus prohibiting them from forming unions.
October 2, 2006 -
The Raleigh News & Observer ran an interesting set of stories this weekend about faith in the South, which offered some revealing insights into how faith and politics mingle in the region.
October 2, 2006 -
When 50 workers of the Raleigh, NC sanitation department walked off the job two weeks ago -- a wildcat strike prompted by long hours, low pay, and other long-standing grievances with the city -- little did they know their actions would still be sending waves across the state and
October 2, 2006 -
It's October, and across the South the sights and sounds of fall and football fill the air. And politics: in the coming weeks, Facing South we'll be taking a closer look at the brewing battles shaping up for November. Today we start with the U.S. Senate.
September 30, 2006 -
Latest indicators from the Institute Index, a feature of the Institute's Facing South e-newsletter:
September 29, 2006 -
As Facing South regulars know, the Institute has a special interest in how the South is uniquely tied to the military, including how the region has been impacted by Iraq and the broader