southern politics

April 23, 2009 - Today, there is an important national debate underway about the South. Political strategists, grassroots organizers, funders and others concerned about social justice are grappling with critical questions: What are prospects for change in the South?

June 14, 2007 - We reported recently about the controversy over President Bush's nomination of Mississippi judge Leslie Southwick to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

April 20, 2005 - The blogosphere quickly erupted over yesterday's news that the Vatican had tapped conservative German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, to be the next shepherd of the global Catholic flock.

October 1, 1996 - Southern Politicians gleefully have peddled less government and fewer taxes.

March 1, 1990 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 18 No. 1, "The War Within." Find more from that issue here.  …

January 1, 1985 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 13 No. 1, "The Jesse Helms Machine." Find more from that issue here.

September 1, 1984 - This article originally appeared in Southern Exposure Vol. 12 No. 5, "The Smoke Ring." Find more from that issue here.  …