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INSTITUTE INDEX: Ending 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

By Sue Sturgis

December 20, 2010 -

N.C. school board engineered by conservative benefactor draws civil rights scrutiny

By Sue Sturgis

December 16, 2010 -

Tea party leader: Denying vote to those without property 'makes a lot of sense'

By Chris Kromm

November 30, 2010 - When critics charged that tea party groups like True the Vote may have been trying to

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5 top Election Watch 2010 stories at Facing South

By Chris Kromm

November 23, 2010 -

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Ruling the Roost: Florida's congressional hawks gain influence over foreign policy

By Chris Kromm

November 18, 2010 - The economy, jobs, taxes -- these are the issues grabbing post-election headlines about the Republicans' agenda for Congress.

INSTITUTE INDEX: Senate rejects women's pay equality

By Sue Sturgis

November 18, 2010 -

VOICES: Elephants make dinosaurs of the Blue Dogs in the cottonfields

By Joe Atkins

November 8, 2010 - By Joe Atkins,