Politics
January 28, 2010 -
Today is the National Day of Action on Coal Ash, an effort by environmental advocates and concerned citizens to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to release its promised rule regulating disposal of the toxic byproduct of burning coal for electricity -- and to classify the stuff as ha
January 27, 2010 -
As President Obama prepares to deliver his State of the Union address tonight, here's a snapshot of some of the challenges facing Southern states -- the very places Obama is having the roughest time.
January 26, 2010 -
Yesterday, Republican leaders -- energized by Democrats' sagging poll numbers and an upset in the U.S.
January 22, 2010 -
The Supreme Court decision on Citizens United yesterday -- which greatly expanded the ability of corporations to spend money to influence elections -- sent a collective gasp across the public interest community.
January 18, 2010 -
NOTE: The following essay by Charles McKinney, professor of history at Rhodes College in Memphis and former board member of the Institute for Southern Studies, appeared on the website of The Jamestown Project in 2008, but the themes it raises are as
January 12, 2010 -
By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest The news that Byron Dorgan and Christopher Dodd will not run forreelection has Democrats fretting that they will lose their 60-votesupermajority in the Senate and will no longer be able to get anythingaccomplished. But what have we got to show, with regard to checking corporateabuses, for the past 12 months of Democratic control over thelegislative branch as well as the White House? Last year this time,