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August 18, 2006 - Blue Heron, keeping cool in the shade Tellico Lake, Tennessee (click image for larger view)

August 18, 2006 - It happens every few years: a rash of politicians decide to let their guard down, get a little too relaxed, and start saying what they really think about race. Call it racial honesty disorder, or RHD.

August 18, 2006 - Anyone familiar with the history of Andrew Young knows it's the story of a civil rights legend. Born in New Orleans, by the late 1950s Young had joined the freedom movement, registering voters in Atlanta, GA.

August 17, 2006 - The Tennessee Department of Health's Office of Minority Health has released a 108 page report entitled Populations of Color in Tennessee: Health Status Report (PDF format). From the report's introduction:

August 17, 2006 - According to this Reuters report, fixes to the New Orleans levee system could actually make matters worse:

August 16, 2006 - After a judge struck down Georgia's voter ID legislation as the equivalent of a "new poll tax" last year, state Republicans went back to the drawing board to devise a new law that still threatened to disenfranchise thousands of voters.

August 16, 2006 - One of the Gulf institutions ravaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita was the region's health care system. One year after the storm, the situation remains dire, in large part due to the glacial piece of rebuilding and recovery in the region.