May 17, 2006 -
Since Monday, Atlanta Progressive News has been drawing attention to this exchange they had with erstwhile presidential candidate Al Gore:
May 16, 2006 -
The New Orleans Times Picayune has this interactive graphic timeline of the flooding (Flash required). It's eerie to watch.
May 16, 2006 -
Here's a great Austin Chronicle profile and interview with Cyril Neville, now living in Austin after being forced out of New Orleans by Katrina.
May 16, 2006 -
The Voting Rights Act extension sailed through the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee 33-1 last week and was on its way to the floor for a vote.
May 15, 2006 -
Sunday's Raleigh News & Observer features an essay about a new political demographic that supposedly will be decisive in 2006:
May 15, 2006 -
As readers may know, we've been closely following Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., a lawsuit filed by taxpayers in Ohio that would banned many of the huge tax breaks given to corporations in the name of "economic development."Today, the Supreme Court made its decision -- in favor of the corporations, saying taxpayers have no right to sue about the use of taxpayer money: Taxpayers have no right to challenge nearly $300 million in tax breaks that Ohio's elected officials used to entice DaimlerChrysler Corp. to build a new plant in Toledo, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday.
May 15, 2006 -
North Carolinians for Fair Wages -- a coalition seeking to boost the state's minimum wage -- is having a big press conference today, with former Sen. John Edwards, current state treasurer Richard Moore and other key leaders speaking out.