Institute Index

January 20, 2012 - When South Carolina residents go to the polls on Jan. 21 to choose a Republican presidential candidate, they won't have to show photo ID thanks to the U.S. Department of Justice's decision to block a state law that would have disproportionately disenfranchised minorities. But Gov. Nikki Haley plans to challenge the move.

January 12, 2012 - A new EPA database unveiled this week reveals the nation's biggest emitters of greenhouse gases -- and Southern power plants top the list.

January 4, 2012 - A new report from the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service documents the growing gap between rich and poor -- and how U.S. tax policy is deepening the divide.

December 16, 2011 - With the U.S. war in Iraq declared to be officially over, a look at the conflict's costs by the numbers.

December 8, 2011 - Gulf Coast advocates are pressing for greater fairness and openness in funding restoration efforts following the BP oil disaster.

November 29, 2011 - As record numbers of North Carolinians struggle to put enough food on the table, Duke Energy pushes for the biggest residential rate hike in 20 years -- while raking in huge profits and avoiding federal taxes.

November 17, 2011 - Politicians have been repeating the mantra that "regulations kill jobs" -- but the numbers show that environmental regulations actually create jobs.