Tennessee

The economic Civil War The economic Civil War

The South's attempt to kill the North's auto industry is the latest battle in an ongoing conflict. It's time for a Third Reconstruction to put an end to it.
By Michael Lind Dec 18, 2008

  • Papa got a job with the TVA

    Former RNC chair Mike Duncan quits bashing the nanny state, becomes the nanny state.
    By Gabriel Winant February 12, 2009

  • Meet the GOP's wrecking crew

    Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars.
    By Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden December 13, 2008

  • Timber! General Motors is falling

    The automaker announces it will close most of its manufacturing plants for 30 percent of the first quarter of 2009. That includes a factory in Tennessee, by the way.
    By Andrew Leonard December 12, 2008

  • Is Harold Ford built for the road ahead?

    The DLC proves it's living in the past by picking the failed senatorial candidate as its new chairman.
    By Thomas F. Schaller January 19, 2007

  • Yes, Democrats do need the South!

    Tom Schaller may think the Democrats can whistle past Dixie and still win, but that's a recipe for disaster.
    By Ed Kilgore November 28, 2006

  • History and Heath Shuler

    Pundit poppycock: The "rise" of the socially conservative Democrat.
    By Andrew Leonard November 8, 2006

  • Can the Dems still take the Senate?

    Maybe -- but they have to win Montana, Missouri and Virginia.
    By Tim Grieve November 7, 2006

  • Replaying GOP racism

    Ken Mehlman's cynical effort to inflame white bigotry in Tennessee is no different from what the Republicans did in their infamous 1988 "Willie Horton" ad.
    By Joe Conason October 27, 2006

  • How would Jesus vote?

    Tennessee Democrat Harold Ford Jr. goes after the GOP's faithful base in the state with the most white evangelicals in the nation. Polls show his campaign is resonating in the pews.
    By Michael Scherer October 26, 2006

  • My car is antiabortion too!

    Federal appeals court rules Tennessee can issue "Choose Life" license plates.
    By Katharine Mieszkowski March 17, 2006

  • GOP product launch

    Preening presidential hopefuls gather in a very early test of the best man to defeat the dreaded Hillary Clinton in 2008.
    By Walter Shapiro March 13, 2006

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    Now Rumsfeld has Newt Gingrich railing against the State Department. It's time for Powell to resign.
    April 22, 2003

  • Reactions to Trent Lott's fall

    Jill Nelson, Todd Gitlin and others react to the Senate majority leader's resignation and the apparent ascension of Sen. Bill Frist.
    Compiled by Salon staff December 21, 2002

  • Gore, Fox and the Boss

    Did Al and Tipper twist arms for Springsteen tix? Or is the conservative network dishing up a little disinformation?
    By Anthony York August 9, 2002

  • Can Al Gore go home again?

    The former vice president tries to reconnect with the home state that deserted him, amid criticisms he's "still caviar, not catfish."
    By Anthony York May 21, 2002

  • The last integrationist?

    A Memphis attorney is using a 1963 desegregation lawsuit to block expansion of suburban schools and get a better deal for inner-city black students.
    By King Kaufman August 27, 2001

  • Oh, dem dry bones!

    Al Gore prays for rain before an audience of black voters in his home state.
    By Alicia Montgomery November 5, 2000

  • Hoedown before the showdown

    Billy Ray Cyrus and Tony Bennett come out to help Al Gore carry his home state.
    By Jake Tapper October 25, 2000

  • Fatal mistake

    In a outrageous example of police incompetence, cops burst into the wrong home during a drug raid and kill an elderly African-American man.
    By Ashley Fantz October 19, 2000

  • Doubt on death row

    Despite a partisan tie vote, Tennessee convict Philip Workman faces execution, while the country faces new facts about the death penalty.
    By Ashley Fantz September 14, 2000

  • Table dancing for tickets

    A teenage boy in Tennessee dresses in his mother's underwear to win a concert contest.
    By Jack Boulware May 15, 2000

  • The chemical knife

    Will Tennessee be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders?
    By Kevin Giordano March 1, 2000

  • The godfather from Dallas ends the party

    By throwing Jesse Ventura's followers out of the Reform Party, Ross Perot's faction destroyed its chances of affecting this year's elections.
    By Micah L. Sifry February 14, 2000

  • Carpetbagger Bowl

    All hail the first champion of the Age of Franchise Free Agency!
    By Mike Rubin January 29, 2000
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