southern exposure
July 12, 2005 -
As Floridians and other Gulf Coast residents recover from the latest Hurricane Dennis (it took a while for some to recover from the last Hurricane Dennis and its brother Floyd), check out this story from Sean Reilly, Southern Exposure
July 5, 2005 -
Facing South and Southern Exposure contributor Sean Reilly has an excellent piece in the Mobile Register about how Republicans are more and more disregarding their own rhetoric about states' rights.
June 20, 2005 -
Bob Geary of the Independent Weekly reports that payday lending in North Carolina is alive and well. This upstanding "industry" preys on people living paycheck-to-paycheck, giving them "advances" on future wages with effective interest rates of up to 400 percent.
June 17, 2005 -
This Sunday, June 19, African-Americans across the South and beyond (and others who recognize the holiday) will celebrate Juneteenth. This is the 140th anniversary of what many call "America's Second Independence Day," marking the day in 1865 -- over two years after President Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation -- that slaves in Texas were finally set free.
June 17, 2005 -
I was at meetings in South Carolina the last two days -- meeting some great progressive advocates in the state -- and somehow Wednesday night found myself at a fundraiser for the Richland County Democratic Party in Columbia, the state capitol. I was waved in free with my Southern Exposure media credentials.
June 10, 2005 -
Today, Citigroup -- the world's largest financial services company -- announced a $2 billion settlement in an investor lawsuit over the company's involvement in the Enron scandal. These settlements are getting to be old hat for Citi:
June 10, 2005 -
Today marks Facing South's 4-month anniversary in the blogosphere. It was four months ago that we posted our manifesto about the need for a fresh new take on key issues and prospects for progressive change in the South.