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May 16, 2006 -
Here's a great Austin Chronicle profile and interview with Cyril Neville, now living in Austin after being forced out of New Orleans by Katrina.
May 16, 2006 -
The Voting Rights Act extension sailed through the U.S. House of Representatives' Judiciary Committee 33-1 last week and was on its way to the floor for a vote.
May 15, 2006 -
Sunday's Raleigh News & Observer features an essay about a new political demographic that supposedly will be decisive in 2006:
May 15, 2006 -
As readers may know, we've been closely following Cuno v. DaimlerChrysler Corp., a lawsuit filed by taxpayers in Ohio that would banned many of the huge tax breaks given to corporations in the name of "economic development."Today, the Supreme Court made its decision -- in favor of the corporations, saying taxpayers have no right to sue about the use of taxpayer money: Taxpayers have no right to challenge nearly $300 million in tax breaks that Ohio's elected officials used to entice DaimlerChrysler Corp. to build a new plant in Toledo, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday.
May 15, 2006 -
North Carolinians for Fair Wages -- a coalition seeking to boost the state's minimum wage -- is having a big press conference today, with former Sen. John Edwards, current state treasurer Richard Moore and other key leaders speaking out.
May 15, 2006 -
The position of many conservative churches to sex is "just say no," but do their followers really buy it? Think Progress has an interesting post about how the views of church leaders appears to be out of sync with the practices of the church-goers -- especially women:
May 12, 2006 -
As we reported earlier, one of the most striking features of the "Day Without Immigrants" boycott earlier this month was the almost total capitulation of business leaders to the events.