north carolina
August 15, 2012 -
Morally, leaving our poorest fellow citizens uninsured while we move forward with tax credits to help make coverage more affordable for middle-class families is unthinkable for most of us -- but expansion also makes sense financially.
August 13, 2012 -
When the CIO launched a campaign to organize Southern workers in 1946, the region's elite fought back by exploiting fears about race and communism -- and fear remains the biggest obstacle to organizing today, as the UAW's campaign to unionize Nissan's Canton, Miss. plant shows.
August 10, 2012 -
In light of planned protests, the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C. and Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. will be taking unprecedented security measures.
August 7, 2012 -
As sea levels rise due to global warming, politicians across the hard-hit South are blocking efforts to address the problem.
August 6, 2012 -
Reportedly a psy ops specialist, Wade Michael Page was also a frustrated neo-Nazi and the leader of a racist white-power band based in North Carolina.
August 2, 2012 -
This week Congress passed a bill to help Marines and their family members sickened by pollution at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina -- one of the worst cases of drinking water contamination in U.S. history. But the fight for justice is not over yet.
August 1, 2012 -
The University of Texas promoted research by a faculty member as an independent study of fracking's environmental hazards -- but it turns out the scientist holds a big financial stake in a fracking company and sits on its board, which he failed to fully disclose. Meanwhile, another conflict-of-interest controversy over fracking arises in North Carolina.
