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April 24, 2008 - Over the last few years, a quiet but powerful alliance in Mississippi of African-American lawmakers, immigrant rights advocates and labor unions had successfully defeated a series of punitive bills aimed at the state's fast-growing Latino and new immigrant population.

April 24, 2008 - Remember Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, the televangelist who told a radio show that Hurricane Katrina was God's judgment against New Orleans for a gay pride parade? Well, he's back at it.

April 24, 2008 - In Florida, car drivers have over 100 choices for personalized license plates.

April 23, 2008 - New Orleans residents who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina were five times more likely to experience serious psychological distress a year after the disaster than those who did not.

April 23, 2008 - Over the last two decades, government grants for college have been increasingly replaced by loans. While a big boon to banks and lenders, the privatization of student aid has put those wanting to go to college in an increasingly precarious position.

April 23, 2008 - Hey, North Carolina -- you're up. After waiting in the on-deck circle for a Pennsylvania primary that settled nothing, North Carolina will step to the plate May 6 with a chance to help settle the Democratic presidential race. N.C. is far and away the biggest primary left with 134 delegates (115 pledged, 19 supers).

April 22, 2008 - At a luncheon for Mississippi's Capitol Press Corps, state Attorney General Jim Hood (D) spoke out about the growing influence of corporate media: