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Organizing for a true reconstruction in the Gulf Coast: An interview with...
On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans labor leader Saket Soni reflects on the progress that workers have won in the city and what lies ahead to achieve a true reconstruction in the...
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Nikki Haley's troubled economic record in South Carolina
As a young, popular governor and the child of immigrants, it's easy to see why the GOP tapped Gov. Haley to rebut President Obama's final State of the Union address. But back home she's under mounting...
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Where do the presidential candidates stand on Atlantic oil and gas drilling?
The first presidential primaries in the South get underway this week in South Carolina, a state embroiled in the controversy over expanding offshore oil and gas drilling to the Atlantic. While most of...
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South flexes its political muscle in 2016 primaries
The string of Southern primaries that kicks off this weekend in South Carolina gives voters in the region a unique opportunity to shape the 2016 election and reflects Southern states' growing influence...
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2016 Elections: GOP turnout soars, Democratic turnout plummets in Southern...
Voter turnout for the South's 2016 Democratic primaries so far is 45 percent lower than it was in the party's last competitive presidential primary in 2008 — but turnout for Republicans has jumped...
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INSTITUTE INDEX: Business vs. bigotry
A by-the-numbers look at how businesses in North Carolina and elsewhere across the South are opposing discrimination and intolerance against LGBT people and other vulnerable minorities.Image: Equality...
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Could Trump help Democrats gain ground in Southern state politics?
Democrats plan to use Donald Trump's divisive statements to help boost turnout in the 2016 elections and help candidates in down-ballot races. Will it work?Image: Democrats plan to use Donald Trump's...
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Trump rhetoric motivates new Latino voters in Arkansas
Latinos have historically been a small voting bloc in Arkansas, but immigrant organizers say the GOP frontrunner's xenophobic rhetoric is driving many to get involved in the 2016 election.Image: via...
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