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The Labor Department and California raise the wages of the working poor — how about we extend the good news nationwide?

Robert Reich shares his plan of action for making our economy healthier and better for everyone.

Most experts agree that the way the government measures poverty is out of date. We take a look at how it got so far off, and how experts recommend fixing it.

Historian Bernard Weisberger writes it's time retire the outworn American creed. Its hidden core of arrogance has often turned it into a kind of nationalism-on-steroids.

Here's a roundup of some of the stuff we're reading this morning at Moyers and Company.

Former banking regulator William K. Black says we're only encouraging more criminal behavior for personal gain.

The media should curb its appetite for non-stop, sensational coverage of mass shootings, such as the recent tragedy in the Washington, D.C.

A study finds that the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a controversial trade agreement in negotiation, would only benefit those at the top.

Those who dismiss these moments because of their flaws need to look harder at the joy and hope that shine out of them and what real changes have, historically, emerged.

The news is that there's really no news, despite another year when the economy was supposed to be recovering.