John Light
Reporter/Producer
John Light is a reporter and producer for the Moyers team. His work has appeared at The Atlantic, Grist, Mother Jones, Salon, Slate, Vox and Al Jazeera, and has been broadcast on Public Radio International. He's a graduate of Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. You can follow him on Twitter at @LightTweeting.
ALL POSTS BY John Light
January 8, 2014 | Updated January 8, 2015Yes, and Americans want more anti-poverty initiatives.
January 7, 2014Fifty years after the War on Poverty began, poverty remains a serious problem. US Census figures show that most urban areas have neighborhoods with high poverty rates.
January 3, 2014Essential reading about the money trail in North Carolina politics, the far-right agenda it has helped usher through and why this story should matter to everyone in America.
December 20, 2013Mass incarceration has become a form of legalized discrimination that makes it more difficult for millions to participate in basic aspects of our democracy.
December 17, 2013You can buy a poster celebrating the movement that decried capitalism's excesses from the big box store that best illustrates capitalism's excesses.
December 10, 2013A roundup of reporting and analysis on the finally finalized rule.
December 9, 2013Global warming is opening the Arctic for business. Ironically, much of that business will contribute to climate change.
November 29, 2013Across the country, retail workers are protesting the low pay that's helping drag down the recovery.
November 27, 2013A Florida swindler ran an operation that raised $100 million for Navy veterans, who barely saw any of it. The IRS gave the nonprofit a “clean bill of health.”
November 20, 2013House Republicans are balking at renewing long-term unemployment insurance. But more austerity could be devastating for the recovery.
