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
December 7, 2012Missed deadlines and Congressional hearings put more speed bumps in the road to implementation for the Volcker Rule.
December 5, 2012Commissioner Mignon Clyburn told a Senate hearing committee that she wishes to give the public a "more robust opportunity to engage."
November 30, 2012Although members of the American Legislative Exchange Council lost seats in recent elections, it's still not known how many newly elected state legislators will join the group.
November 30, 2012Asian Americans have shifted from supporting Republican candidates to overwhelmingly supporting Democrats. Have conservatives pushed them away?
November 30, 2012This week ALEC held its annual policy summit in the nation's capitol. Find out about that meeting and other happenings since we first reported on ALEC in September.
November 27, 2012The Kaiser Family Foundation released an analysis yesterday to help state politicians decide whether to participate in the Obamacare Medicaid expansion.
November 26, 2012AlterNet writer Steven Rosenfeld reports on a UCLA conference, during which legal scholars discussed the best ways to get money out of politics.
November 20, 2012In a special audio chat, journalist Chrystia Freeland talks about American plutocracy and how she deals with her wealthy critics.
November 19, 2012A group of Occupy activists are raising money to purchase distressed debt and cancel it in a new initiative called the Rolling Jubilee.
November 19, 2012The Round House is Erdrich's fourteenth novel, and it was selected for the award from a high-profile group of finalists, including Junot Díaz and Dave Eggers. Erdrich's novel takes a look at injustice on Native American reservations.
