The Journal of the Southern Regional Council, 1978-2003
Voices and Choices: Workplace Justice and the Poultry Industry Edited bySusan Stevenot Sullivan Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001 pp. 3-7 In an unprecedented move this past November, the Roman Catholic bishops of the Southern United States released a pastoral statement
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Voces y Opciones: Justicia en el Lugar de Trabajo en la Industria Avícola Edited by Susan Stevenot Sullivan Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001 pp. 8-12, 26 En una movida sin precedente, el Noviembre pasado, los Obispos Católicos Romanos del Sur
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SRC Study Contributes to Georgia Election Reform Staff Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001 pp. 13-14 Following the 2000 election debacle in which the shortcomings of the Florida election system came under national negative scrutiny, the SRC conducted a study of
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Could the Death Penalty Die in Virginia?Opportunities for Activism By Sarah E. Torian Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001 pp. 15-16 Say the words “death penalty” these days and many people will automatically think of Texas. As then-Governor George W. Bush
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History and Memory: 2000 Lillian Smith Book Awards Staff Vol. 23, No. 1, 2001 pp. 17-22 Each year the Southern Regional Council hosts the Annual Lillian Smith Book Awards in honor of the most liberal and outspoken of white mid-twentieth
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REVIEWS Reviewed by Pat Wehner Vol. 23, No. 1 2001 pp. 23-26 Thomas Frank, One Market Under God: Extreme Capitalism, Market Populism, and the End of Economic Democracy, New York: Doubleday, 2000. I recently watched as a business school professor
Election Reform: Going Anywhere? By Wendy S. Johnson Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 p. 3 The thirty-five days following the 2000 presidential election stunned a watchful and anxious nation as we learned about the severe ineptness and unreadiness of an
The Mockery of Democracy By René Redwood and Bernie Horn Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 4-5 As summer turn to autumn, so why should you care about hanging chads and butterfly ballots? Why should you care whether or not
Budget Woes and Partisan Politics Block Election Reform By Lisa Rab Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 6-13 Despite the initial scramble to introduce legislation responding to the election chaos in Florida, very few Southern states passed comprehensive election reform
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A Closer Look: The Florida and Georgia Experiences By Catherine Wall Vol. 23, No. 2, 2001 pp. 14-17 The 2001 state legislative sessions witnessed very little progress towards comprehensive election reform. Only two southern states–Florida and Georgia–passed meaningful legislation to
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