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
November 15, 2013 | Updated November 18, 2013Workers at the Fukushima nuclear power plant have started removing fuel rods in a new, potentially dangerous stage of the cleanup.
November 13, 2013Typhoon Haiyan, which wrought unprecedented devastation in the Philippines, is the latest example of the vulnerability of impoverished nations.
November 8, 2013Congressional cuts to the food stamp program went into effect this week, making it much harder for struggling families to make ends meet.
November 6, 2013As newcomers flock to New York, the city's affordable housing crisis is a symptom of its growing inequality. Can de Blasio stop -- or even slow -- these trends?
October 31, 2013Special interest groups are pouring millions into state judge elections, hoping to tip the scales of justice on key issues.
October 29, 2013Sandy was a wake-up call on how climate change will increasingly affect communities along coastlines. But are we ready for the next disaster?
October 24, 2013Amid so much dysfunction, some in Congress are fighting for reform. Here are five bipartisan bills that could help fix our broken democracy.
October 23, 2013Some Republican governors are now saying that the Obamacare provision makes good fiscal sense for their states.
October 22, 2013The fracking boom means we're burning less coal. But that won't mean fewer emissions.
October 10, 2013An artist re-envisions the skylines of major cities to reveal the gap between rich and poor.
