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
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Former RNC chair Mike Duncan quits bashing the nanny state, becomes the nanny state.
By Gabriel Winant
February 12, 2009
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Pundit poppycock: The "rise" of the socially conservative Democrat.
By Andrew Leonard
November 8, 2006
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Maybe -- but they have to win Montana, Missouri and Virginia.
By Tim Grieve
November 7, 2006
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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
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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
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Federal appeals court rules Tennessee can issue "Choose Life" license plates.
By Katharine Mieszkowski
March 17, 2006
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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
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Now Rumsfeld has Newt Gingrich railing against the State Department. It's time for Powell to resign.
April 22, 2003
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Al Gore prays for rain before an audience of black voters in his home state.
By Alicia Montgomery
November 5, 2000
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Billy Ray Cyrus and Tony Bennett come out to help Al Gore carry his home state.
By Jake Tapper
October 25, 2000
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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
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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
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A teenage boy in Tennessee dresses in his mother's underwear to win a concert contest.
By Jack Boulware
May 15, 2000
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Will Tennessee be the next state to approve castration for sex offenders?
By Kevin Giordano
March 1, 2000
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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
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All hail the first champion of the Age of Franchise Free Agency!
By Mike Rubin
January 29, 2000