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  1. The Average Black Family Would Need 228 Years to Build the Wealth of a White Family Today People wait in a several-blocks-long line to receive food and gifts at the "A Miracle in Motown" event, part of a nationwide program to help working poor and disadvantaged families on Dec. 18, 2008 in Detroit. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    8 Aug 2016 … If current economic trends continue, the average black household will need 228 years to accumulate as much wealth as their white counterparts hold today. For the average Latino family, it will take 84 years. Absent significant policy interventions, or a Continue reading
  2. “People and Planet First”: On the Moral Authority of Climate Justice and a New Economy
    7 Jul 2015 … Our current economic system is both fueling the climate crisis and actively preventing us from taking the necessary actions to avert it. Continue reading
  3. Scholar John McWhorter Suggests a New Approach To Racial Issues Scholar John McWhorter (Photo: Robin Holland)
    2 Feb 2009 … Veteran political commentator, linguist and author John McWhorter weighs in on race in America. Continue reading
  4. Jackie Robinson Should Remind Us of the Importance of Political Protest A portrait of the Brooklyn Dodgers' infielder Jackie Robinson in uniform (circa 1945). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
    4 Apr 2017 … Robinson’s achievement was a political victory brought about by a social activism movement populated by the Negro press, politicians, civil rights groups and many others. Continue reading
  5. Growing an Appreciation for the Hands That Feed Us Photo by Anne Preble on Unsplash
    5 May 2020 … A celebrated peach farmer and author who often works in solitude talks to food leaders Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, Raj Patel, and others about how food connects us all. Continue reading
  6. What We’re Reading About the Flint Crisis FLINT, MI - JANUARY 23: American Red Cross workers drive through Flint's north side distributing cases of water to residents on January 23, 2016 in Flint, Michigan. Water is being handed out for free to citizens of Flint following a federal state of emergency being declared due to the city's water supply becoming contaminated. (Photo by Brett Carlsen/Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2016 … We've watched over the last month as the story of Flint's long-smoldering water crisis burst into a conflagration garnering national attention. The failure of institutions demonstrated by the crisis — and the inequalities that it laid bare — allude to many Continue reading
  7. To Tackle Inequality, We Should Stop Subsidizing It
    1 Jan 2015 … Let's end the spectacle of highly paid people, subsidized with our tax dollars, pondering the problem of inequality. Continue reading
  8. In Search of a Common Destiny
    5 May 1992 … Bill Moyers examines the status of black Americans, particularly in light of the rioting in Los Angeles that followed the Rodney King verdict. Featured in the program are rapper Sister Souljah; Robert Woodson, Chairman of the Council for a Black Continue reading
  9. Morning Reads: President Goes After FBI’s Comey; Racial Violence in Mississippi, Iowa Barack Obama and Versha Sharma in a NowThis News interview. The president discussed the recent FBI disclosure that it was looking at emails found on former Rep. Anthony Weiner's computer that may be relevant to Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
    11 Nov 2016 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ... Continue reading
  10. After Outcry, White House Extends $10.10 Minimum Wage to Some Disabled Workers President Barack Obama greets an employee in the bakery at a Costco store in Lanham, Md. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, where he spoke about raising the minimum wage the morning after his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    2 Feb 2014 … President Obama is set to sign an executive order raising contractors’ wages today. Continue reading