Voices

October 5, 2009 - By Matt Wasson, Appalachian Voices As Congress was returning from the August recess, there wasn't much news about the climate bill. The only energy-related news breaking through the coverage of the rancorous health care debates and town-hall tea parties was a study on "energy sprawl" published by five staff members of the Nature Conservancy.

October 1, 2009 - By Linda Meric Crystal Lee Sutton, the woman whose life inspired the 1979 film "Norma Rae," about a brave union organizer, died of cancer on Sept. 11 after struggling in 2008 with her health insurance company.

September 29, 2009 - The following sermon was delivered at Duke University Cha

September 28, 2009 - On Sept. 20, 2009, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) -- a leader of the civilrights movement who helped found the Institute for Southern Studies,

September 22, 2009 - Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America MediaThe figure on real poverty in America is far worse than the Census Bureau recently reported.

September 17, 2009 - By Bob Hall, Democracy North Carolina

September 17, 2009 - By Robert D.