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September 24, 2008 - House leaders announced yesterday that they plan to let a quarter-century ban on expanded offshore oil drilling expire next week, and the Senate is expected to follow suit, the Associated Press reports:

September 24, 2008 - In a major victory for civil rights groups, the Department of Justice has announced it won't be stationing criminal prosecutors at polls on Election Day. This is a big shift for the DOJ. As the AP notes:

September 24, 2008 - How much is $700 billion, the estimated cost of the Wall Street bailout?

September 23, 2008 - Activists and lawyers are scrambling to get an 11th-hour stay of execution for a Georgia man due to be put to death tonight, despite strong doubts over his conviction, reports the AFP.

September 23, 2008 - As Facing South has previously reported, civil rights groups and other advocacy organizations have been working to register ex-felons and to educate the greater public around felony disenfranchisement laws.

September 23, 2008 - The nation added about a half-million immigrants in 2007, down from about 1.8 million the year before, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.

September 23, 2008 - In the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, there seems to be a growing consensus that the free-rolling days of financial deregulation are a big part of the problem. Even Sen. John McCain is now calling for more regulation.