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October 18, 2006 - If ever criminal defendants need quality representation, it's when their life is on the line. But at least 37 people currently on North Carolina's death row -- and at least 16 people executed by the state since 1977 -- did not have lawyers at trial who would meet today's minimum standards of qualification for capital defense attorneys.

October 18, 2006 - Last Friday, October 13, a group of 50 grassroots leaders gathered in Ripley, West Virginia to reflect on the rich history of the Commission on Religion in Appalachia, or CORA.

October 18, 2006 - Open Source with Christopher Lydon, a nationally syndicated public radio show out of Cambridge Massachusetts, had an in-depth look at the Tennessee Senate race last night.

October 17, 2006 - As reported here earlier, "sanctity of marriage" amendments are on the ballot in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia.

October 17, 2006 - The NAACP is sending hundreds of workers to ten states to monitor the November elections:

October 17, 2006 - A couple weeks ago, Wal-Mart announced that -- in addition to expanding its Blue Light Special empire into China (where, unlike U.S. employees, Wal-Mart workers will have unions) -- it is launching a drive to register 1.3 million of its "associates" to vote.As Daniel Gross points out at Slate, it wouldn't be a stretch to doubt the motives of the Bentonville, Ark. retail goliath's experiment in civic engagement:

October 16, 2006 - Mining is a dangerous job, and this year it's taken an especially big toll.