Economy

June 29, 2009 - By Bill Bishop, Daily Yonder What does coal cost mining communities?

June 26, 2009 - Rob Kuznia, Hispanic Business Florida activist Al Pina has launched a community campaign against Bank of America over its minority-lending record and practices.

June 25, 2009 - In the daunting heat of Jackson, Miss. this past weekend, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference relaunched a national campaign to help the poor: a modern-day "Poor People's Campaign," an initiative first envisioned by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

June 25, 2009 - By Caroline Fan, Progressive States Network

June 24, 2009 - Conservatives and other opponents of the "public option" for health care say that it would hurt competition. But in fact, most health insurance markets fall under what the Department of Justice considers a "highly-concentrated market," or near-monopoly.

June 24, 2009 - A recent analysis by the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center found that in 2007 housing costs (for both renters and homeowners) in New Orleans was less affordable than the nation, with post-Katrina incomes not keeping pace with housing

June 22, 2009 - This past March, Facing South was one of the first places to reveal that a widely-quoted study claiming the Employee Free Choice Act would lead to widespread unemployment was