Fifty 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.
Taking a cue from North Carolina, citizen protesters in Georgia are planning actions against the state's right-wing policies at the start of the legislative session next week.
We asked some of the people trying to change the world for the better to tell us what made them proud in 2013, and what their hopes and dreams are for 2014.
This week Harold Meyerson reported in The Washington Post that Democrats are looking to take a page out of the Bush playbook as we approach the 2014 midterms.