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Doomed To Repeat It: Is Tennessee's New "Monkey Law" Just Scopes All Over Again?

Glenn Branch, National Center for Science Education. April 26, 2012.

The Volunteer State has set itself up for a replay of its 1926 Scopes Monkey Trial humiliation. And the ACLU attorney who won Kitzmiller v. Dover can't wait.

More and More States Introduce Costly Anti-Immigration Bills

Seth Hoy, Immigration Impact. February 9, 2012.

Despite the devastating consequences of state immigration laws in Alabama and Arizona, legislators in other states have introduced similar enforcement bills this year.

Does Your State Forbid Atheists From Holding Public Office?

PZ Myers, Pharyngula. February 18, 2009.

Arkansas might let atheists run for office, at last.

The EPA and the Curse of Coal Ash

Davin Hutchins, American News Project. January 22, 2009.

Will the EPA make the same mistake twice?

The Human Impact: What TVA Isn't Saying about the Coal Spill Disaster

Erin Brockovich, Robin Greenwald, Huffington Post. January 13, 2009.

What does the future hold for the public's health and safety? Overnight, a whole community's lifestyle is gone.

Coal Companies Spend Staggering Revenue on Advertising, Not Cleaner Technology or Safety

Josh Dorner, Sierra Club. January 13, 2009.

And what did the famously loquacious industry mouthpiece have to say about the sludge spill? Not a single word.

Holding TVA's Feet to the Fire in Coal Ash Spill

Bruce Nilles, Sierra Club. January 6, 2009.

It was a tragedy of epic proportions, and this massive spill reminds us that coal is not clean, and coal is not cheap.

Can America Clean Up from Its Worst Environmental Disaster? [Contains Photo Slideshow]

Antrim Caskey, AlterNet. January 5, 2009.

With the breaking of a coal waste dam in Tennessee, environmental and human health is threatened by millions of pounds of toxic chemicals.

Environmental Spill Disaster Devastates Tennessee; 48 Times the Size of Exxon Valdez

Matt McDermott, TreeHugger. December 25, 2008.

Approximately 500 million gallons of coal ash sludge has broken through a holding pond at a coal-fired plant.

Bill Moyers: Rage on the Radio, the Shock Jocks Rory O'Connor Has Warned Us About

ZP Heller, Bill Moyers Journal. September 14, 2008.

Watch just how damaging right-wing hate speech can be.

Is Helping Big Oil the New Third Rail in American Politics?

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone. August 8, 2008.

"Hmm, I'm thinking there's a political ad here somewhere ..."

Illegal Versus Inhumane: Unauthorized Immigrant Shackled While in Labor; Can't Feed Newborn

Editorial Staff, Boston Globe. August 1, 2008.

An undocumented pregnant woman faces the horror and neglect of the U.S. justice system ... giving birth only to have her child stripped from her.

Hate Politics Leads to Violence: Tennessee Shooter Attacked Liberals

David Neiwert, Firedoglake. July 28, 2008.

James David Adkisson attacked a church, killing two people and wounding seven more, all because of it's liberal views.

$35,000 Cash Reward Offer Helps Sink Judgeship Chances for Bush Nominee

Silja J.A. Talvi, AlterNet. June 16, 2008.

Why Gus Puryear might want to start looking for other employment.

Death Row Lotto

Sarah Kelley, Nashville Scene. March 7, 2008.

In Tennessee, who lives and who dies boils down to a grim game of chance.

Jewish Rep Battles Anti-Semitism, Racism and Religious Discrimination in Re-Election Campaign

Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend. February 15, 2008.

Memphis Rep. Steve Cohen is under attack from homobigoted ministers hoping to pits Jews against African-Americans.

The Next Water War May Be Georgia vs. Tennessee

Patrik Jonsson, Christian Science Monitor. February 15, 2008.

Drought-stricken Georgia is eyeing a stretch of the Tennessee River that has long been part of a border feud.

Bad Medicine: Ruthless Health Care Policy in America

Julie Winokur, AlterNet. May 29, 2007.

Collateral Damage: Bad Medicine in Tennessee, a new film by Julie Winokur, explores the single largest Medicaid cuts in history -- a failed "reform" attempt that left 170,000 people without care almost overnight.