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The South

Reclaiming "We"

Terrance Heath | Posted 10.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Working Class Whites, Birthers, Teabaggers, Poverty, The South, Southern Whites, Income Inequality, Uninsured-Rate, Economy, Progressives, Globalization, Jobs, Progressive Movement, Race, Jobless Rate, Unemployment, Uninsured, Southern States, Health Care Reform, Southerners, Healthcare Reform, Health Care, Politics News
Terrance Heath

When it comes to health care reform, the states most likely to benefit -- because they have the highest percentages of uninsured citizens -- are the source of the loudest objections to reform.

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Racial Healing: Conquering the "Legalized Lies" of Racism

Zahra Khan | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: The South, Nazi, Ku Klux Klan, Mutliculturalism, Joe Wilson, Asian Americans, Racism, Schools Speech, Southern Racism, Barack Obama, Living News
Zahra Khan

Like a torch that lights the way for many lifeboats seeking shore, Obama's "glow" helps bring people of color home.

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Sin Map: 7 Deadly Sins Mapped Across U.S.

Wired | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Kansas State, Greed, Maps, Sloth, West Coast, More Gluttonous, Bible Belt, The South, Lazier, Map of Sins, Lust, Sinful, Gluttony, Envy, More Prideful, 7 Deadly Sins, East Coast, More Envious, Sin Map, Pride, The North, Living News

"...A team at Kansas State just served up a feast: maps of sin created by plotting per-capita stats on things like theft (envy) and STDs (lust)."...

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The Old Packard Plant: From the Detroit Stories

Lester Sloan | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Marilyn Monroe, Studebaker-Packard, New Jersey, Gilbert Smith, Avanti, Automobile Industry, Alabama, Tennessee, Purple Gang, Tommy Bridges, The South, Packard Motor Company, African Americans, Detroit, UAW., Living News
Lester Sloan

While the old Packard is an image of urban decay, it has nothing to do with the demise of the auto industry as we know it today.

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TIME MAG: Why Are Southerners So Fat?

TIME | Claire Suddath | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Why Are Southerners So Fat, The South, Health, Time Magazine, Time Magazine Fat Southerners, Living News

People from Mississippi are fat. With an adult obesity rate of 33%, Mississippi gobbled its way to the "chubbiest state" crown for the fifth year in a...

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National Journal Details GOP's "Southern Exposure" Problem

National Journal | Ronald Brownstein | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: The South, Gop, Republicans South, National Journal, Gop South, Republicans, Politics News

Republican strength in the South has both compensated for and masked the extent of the party's decline elsewhere....

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Severe Storm Front Settles Over South, Possible Tornadoes And Flooding Fears

AP | JAY REEVES | Posted 06.06.2009 | Home

Read More: Flooding, Weather Report, Severe Storm the South, Extreme Weather, The South, Home News

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — More than 100 homes and businesses were damaged in the South by strong winds, heavy rains and golf ball-sized hail Wednesday,...

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DeMint's Valhalla Syndrome

Ed Kilgore | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, The South, Labor Unions, Jim Demint, Economy, Republicans, Politics News
Ed Kilgore

You do have to say this for South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint: he represents the unmediated subconsciousness of contemporary conservatives, coming right out and saying things that others probably just think.

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LBJ's Revenge

Philip Klinkner | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Election 2008 Coverage, Democratic Party, Race, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, The New South, The South, Politics News
Philip Klinkner

Although many of the Great Society goals remain elusive, the new Democratic majority assembled by Obama represents the emergence of a Great Society electoral coalition.

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Who's The Turkey?

Beth Arnold | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, The South, Ronald Reagan, Racism in the South, Sarah Palin, Thanksgiving, Reagan Democrats, Gop, Sarah Palin Turkey Video, Sarah Palin Turkey Pardon, Sarah Palin Turkey Death, Democratic Strategy in the South, Politics News
Beth Arnold

With this Palin-style Thanksgiving (smiley face with urge to kill) dancing across my laptop screen, I found myself thinking of home.

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McCain Wins Missouri, Breaking Bellwether Streak

AP | Posted 12.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Missouri, The South, Electoral College, Electoral Votes, John McCain, Mccain Wins Missouri, Missouri Bellwether, Politics News

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Republican John McCain has defeated President-elect Barack Obama in Missouri _ the last state to be decided in the 2008 pr...

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Sam Stein

Has Obama Created A New South?

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama South, Obama Southern Strategy, Barack Obama, Obama North Caorlina, The South, Politics in the South, Obama Virginia, New York Times South, Politics News

Post-election analysis of Barack Obama's runaway victory has generally settled on one macro-theory: he put a symbolic end to the significance of the S...

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Dean's 50 State Strategy Can Help Combat Racism

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 12.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Keep the 50 State Strategy, The Cure for Racism, Howard Dean's 50 State Strategy, Obama 50 State Strategy, Rahm Emmanuel Was Wrong About the 50 State Strategy, The South, Race, Center for American Progress, Civil Rights, Voters in Virginia, Democratic Strategy in the South, Create Everlasting Change, Racial Politics, Every Vote Counts, 2008 Election and Racism, Howard Dean, Virginia, Progress, Keep the Obama Campaign Going, Victory, Racism, Tom Pierriello, Fight for Change, How to Comab Racism, 745 Votes, Home News
Andrea Chalupa

One thing volunteering for the Obama campaign in southern Virginia reiterated to me is that racism is alive and well in this country and there's somet...

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Obama Should Beg Bill to Help Him

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Independents, Barack Obama, White Males, The South, Al Gore John Kerry, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Bill Clinton, George Bush, The Democrats, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Republicans, Politics News
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

McCain runs strong among white male independents and could make inroads among disgruntled Hillary Democrats. Bill could be Obama's trump card to make sure that doesn't happen.

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MAP: Where Americans Spend Highest Percentage Of Income On Gas

New York Times | Posted 06.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Weak Economy, Gas Prices, U.S. Farmers, Gas Crisis Oil Prices, The South, Green News

Gas prices are high throughout the country, but how hard they hit individual families depends on income levels, which vary widely....

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Obama's Pastor Problem Moves Down South and Down Ballot

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 05.07.2008 | Home

Read More: African-American, The South, Democratic Nomination Superdelegates, Superdelegate, Obama, North Carolina, Jeremiah Wright, John McCain, GOP Attacks, Wright YouTube, Nomination, Greg Davis, Mississippi, Barack Obama, Rev Wright, Reverend Wright, Barack Obama Democratic Nomination, Senator Bingaman, Hillary Clinton, Travis Childers, Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, African-American Voters, Down-Ballot Races, National Press Club, Down-Ballot Candidates, Republican Attack Ads, Race Issue, Ms-01, Home News
Daniel Nichanian

First North Carolina, now Mississippi. Rev. Wright has become fair game for Republican campaigners. The GOP willingness to use Obama against down-ballot candidates does not bode well for Democrats.

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