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
May 23, 2013See a slideshow of nominees President Obama's been having trouble getting through the Senate, and where they currently stand.
May 20, 2013Harry Reid has threatened to change Senate rules and subvert the silent filibuster used against presidential nominees.
May 16, 2013The executive director of the Project on Government Oversight says the AP case marks a new frontier in government overreach.
May 15, 2013Learn why a new study says the percentage of black males who voted in November is higher than the Census Bureau revealed.
May 14, 2013As the amount of carbon dioxide in our planet's atmosphere has increased, so too have donations to politicians from the fossil fuel industries.
May 10, 2013The buying and selling of "political intelligence" is a growing industry that some say should be regulated like lobbying.
May 10, 2013Storytelling is one of the most powerful tools that organizers and movement builders have at their disposal -- and personal stories often have the most impact. Here's a guide to telling your "story of self," an approach that veteran organizer Marshall Ganz champions.
May 9, 2013The 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.
May 7, 2013Review the highest CEO-to-worker pay disparities last year, including one CEO making about 1,795 times what his average worker earned.
May 3, 2013 | Updated June 10, 2014Take a by-the-numbers look at gun deaths, school shootings, public opinion and legislation in the year since Sandy Hook.
