Investigations & Reports

November 11, 2008 - Lessons from the Religious Response to Hurricane Katrina August 2008

November 6, 2008 - This election may have been about change, but one thing that didn't change is the fact that in politics money still matters.

November 4, 2008 - This special June 2006 report from Gulf Coast Reconstruction Watch looks at New Orleans' storm-protection infrastructure and finds a city dangerously prepared to face a major hurricane.  

October 8, 2008 - Those watching the presidential race in North Carolina -- especially supporters of Barack Obama -- may have felt a little poll whiplash this week. Since mid-September, a series of polls showed Obama gaining momentum in NC, culminating in a Public Policy Polling survey released this Monday giving the Democrat a 6-point lead.

October 7, 2008 - In the last week, Kay Hagan -- Democratic challenger to Sen. Elizabeth Dole for North Carolina's U.S.

September 23, 2008 - More than two-thirds of North Carolina residents support offshore drilling for oil and gas, according to an Elon University poll released yesterday.

August 29, 2008 - Two weeks after the levees failed, President Bush stood in Jackson Square in New Orleans and promised "to rebuild the city and the region." At the time he said: "We will do what it takes, we will stay as long as it takes, to help citizens rebuild their communities and their lives." Last week President Bush visited New Orleans, noting the "incredible progress that's