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A hard-hitting TV ad featuring a breast cancer survivor began airing in Louisiana today pressuring Sen. Mary Landrieu to support a public option for health insurance. Breast cancer survivors and their allies are also petitioning public option foe Sen. Kay Hagan of North Carolina. More...

More than 9 million people in the U.S. use TRICARE, a popular government-backed health plan for military families -- and nearly half of them live in Southern states where Congressional leaders vocally oppose government involvement in health care. More...

The second Free Minds Free People conference took place in Houston last weekend, and Melissa M. Forbis reports that the event's Gulf Coast location gave it special urgency. More...

The case of the Jena Six in Louisiana closed quietly on Friday as the remaining defendants accepted a plea deal. The case highlighted the miscarriages of justice that black youth face across the country. More...

Finally, the much-expected meeting on immigration reform between President Barack Obama and lawmakers from both parties took place Thursday. Participating legislators said the president promised to put his energy into moving forward right away. The response from some reform advocates was "Game On! More...

Two Georgia banks failed Friday, with 14 failing across the state since last August. Bad real estate lending is a major culprit, reports Jake Bernstein of ProPublica. More...

North Carolina is the state with the most sites -- a dozen -- where a failure like the recent one in Tennessee could kill significant numbers of people. Meanwhile, North Carolina-based Duke Energy has the most facilities on the list with 10. More...

Southern lawmakers demonstrated considerable hostility to the Waxman-Markey climate act in Friday's vote approving the measure. Is that simply a reflection of the conservative region's partisan bent, or is something else going on here? More...