Southern Politics
April 22, 2009 -
With the 2010 Census count looming, states are launching their efforts to make sure everyone gets counted in the decennial survey of the U.S. population. But with threadbare budgets and fast-changing demographics, many states face huge obstacles to making the Census successful.
April 9, 2009 -
One of Washington's biggest controversies this week is the new military budget proposed by the Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
April 6, 2009 -
By Christopher Weaver, ProPublica
March 31, 2009 -
There's a conventional wisdom about the 2008 elections that Republicans did poorly everywhere in the country except the South -- solidifying the GOP's position as, so the mantra goes, "a regional party based in the South."
March 27, 2009 -
The index for this week's Facing South e-newsletter looks at the declining economy.