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May 11, 2006 - For the first time in 24 years, the American Bar Association has rated a federal judicial nominee as "unqualified". According to the article, the ABA says of Bush's nominee to the New Orleans based 5th Circuit Court of Appeals:

May 11, 2006 - The Tennessee House of Representatives will vote today on the new minimum wage law that will raise the state's minimum wage to $6.15. The bill has also cleared committees in the Senate and a vote there is expected soon.But a funny thing happened on the way to the floor for a vote. Actually, a couple of funny things. Well, not so funny, really.

May 10, 2006 - Facing South reader KD sends this announcement from the Women's Fund of Miami-Dade, about Florida moms standing up for workers on Mother's Day:

May 10, 2006 - In what is being called the first state-by-state breakdown of Latino birth rates in the country, the National Center for Health Statistics has new statistics showing how dramatically the South is being changed by new immigrants. Here's how a story from the Associated Press begins:

May 10, 2006 - The lack of national leadership in post-Katrina rebuilding isn't just causing immense hardship for those in the Gulf Coast. As the Brookings Institute's latest Katrina Index shows, people dispersed by the flood -- the Katrina diaspora -- are facing severe economic troubles:

May 9, 2006 - Blacks, Latinos and the New Civil Rights Movement:

May 9, 2006 - Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on Katherine Harris: