John Light

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks with reporters following a Democratic strategy session at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, May 7, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Time for the ‘Nuclear Option’?
May 20, 2013 | Connecting the Dots
Harry Reid has threatened to change Senate rules and subvert the silent filibuster used against presidential nominees.
Tim DeChristopher
Going Behind ‘Bidder 70′
May 17, 2013 | News & Notes

Watch the trailer for a new documentary about environmentalist Tim DeChristopher, and see a clip of his conversation with Bill Moyers, airing next week. Continue reading

Still from Trade Secrets
Moyers Moment (2001): Toxins in Our Blood
May 17, 2013 | Moyers Moments
In this 2001 Moyers Moment, Bill gets his blood tested to find out just how pervasive industrial chemicals are.
Still from Trade Secrets
Moyers Moment (2001): David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz on Manipulating Science
May 17, 2013 | Moyers Moments

In a 2001 Moyers Moment, two public health historians reveal how the vinyl chloride industry published misleading research to keep employees from knowing they were being poisoned. Continue reading

Danielle Brian
Why the DOJ’s AP Action Threatens Press Freedom
May 16, 2013 | Perspectives
The executive director of the Project on Government Oversight says the AP case marks a new frontier in government overreach.
Poll worker Eric Carr, background center, watches a technician for the New York City Board of Elections clear a paper jam in a ballot scanner as voters wait to scan their ballots, at a school in New York's Harlem neighborhood, Nov. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
The Link Between Mass Incarceration and Voter Turnout
May 15, 2013 | Smart Charts

A new study contends that the percentage of black males who voted is even higher than the Census reported. Voter turnout figures look a lot different when you take felony convictions into account. Continue reading

A Chevron oil refinery in Richmond, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
What Stalled Carbon Emissions Legislation?
May 14, 2013 | Money & Politics
As the amount of carbon dioxide in our planet's atmosphere has increased, so too have donations to politicians from the fossil fuel industries.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Political Intelligence: Transparency or Insider Trading?
May 10, 2013 | Money & Politics

The buying and selling of “political intelligence” is a growing industry that some say should be regulated like lobbying. Continue reading

(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
A New Spin on the “Reverse” Revolving Door
May 9, 2013 | Money & Politics
The Nation's Lee Fang looks at how former K and Wall Street denizens are rewarded with six-figure bonuses when they land a job in Congress.
(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
America’s Corporate Inequality Problem
May 7, 2013 | Smart Charts

Bloomberg News ranks the companies with the highest CEO-to-worker pay disparities for 2012. One CEO made approximately 1,795 times what his average worker does. Continue reading

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