Southern Politics

April 1, 2011 - Arkansas latest in series of defeats for voter photo ID bills

March 31, 2011 - By Claudia Rowe, Equal Voice Newspaper

March 23, 2011 - By Mischa Gaus, Labor NotesA dozen weary Steelworkers trekked from Mississippi to Ohio last week, hoping to insert a few uncomfortable questions into the clubby confines of their company's shareholders meeting.Approaching their 10th month on strike, the workers from Omnova Solutions wanted to ask the CEO just how the company had found enough money to grant the CEO a 90 percent pay increase -- boosting his take-home to $3.5 million a year -- while they were asked to forget about seniority and choke down benefit givebacks that amount to a 15 percent pay cut.

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February 18, 2011 - By Naomi Martin, The Lens Louisiana politicians could use their control over the upcoming

February 17, 2011 - The House is expected to vote as early as today on amendments to a budget bill that would take away the Environmental Protection Agency's power to regulate toxic coal ash as a hazardous waste.