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October 25, 2005 -
Posted by R. Neal By way of journalism teacher/blogger Bob Stepno, here's the incredible story of how a small band of New Orleans Times-Picayune reporters kept the news coming in the face of incredible adversity:
October 25, 2005 -
Reporter James Crawley does some valuable number-crunching in a news story today about the impact of the Iraq war on Southern communities: More than half of the U.S. troops killed in Iraq either came from the South or were assigned to military bases in the region, according to an analysis of Pentagon records. As the U.S. military death toll nears 2,000 deaths since March 2003, the South continues to bear a heavy toll from the war, said national security analysts.
October 25, 2005 -
Rosa Parks, one of the countless heroes of the Southern freedom movement whose symbolism of defiance to injustice inspired millions, has died.
October 24, 2005 -
The don of Mississippi journalism, Bill Minor, thinks so:
October 24, 2005 -
The latest Austin Chronicle has an eye-opening expose about race, the drug war, and Lone Star justice in a rural Jackson County, Texas, home of the small town of Edna:
October 24, 2005 -
The NY Times reports today that Wal-Mart -- long criticized for failing to offer affordable health care coverage, forcing many employees onto Medicaid and other public assistance or to
October 24, 2005 -
The LA Times ran an interesting piece this weekend about how local housing advocates are trying to address the perplexing issue of fixing up the some 100,000 homes in New Orleans that were rendered inhabitable by Hurricane Katrina.