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  1. Watch AGAINST ALL ODDS: The Fight for a Black Middle Class Journalist Bob Herbert and a scene from 'Against All Odds'
    3 Mar 2017 … In this groundbreaking documentary, acclaimed journalist Bob Herbert examines the often heroic efforts of black families to pursue the American dream in the face of unrelenting barriers. Continue reading
  2. Roundup: Energy Challenges for Obama, NRA-Backed Dems and Political War Profiteering
    1 Jan 2013 … Discover and share “what we’re reading” today. Continue reading
  3. Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman Talks About His New Film, ‘Ex Libris — New York Public Library’ Outside the main branch of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan. (Photo courtesy of The New York Public Library)
    10 Oct 2017 … To make a three-and-a-half-hour film about a place where people go to sit and read books is not an endeavor that a lot of filmmakers would eagerly take on. But Fredrick Wiseman’s new film, Ex Libris — New York Public Continue reading
  4. “Radical Feminist Nun” Simone Campbell on the Colbert Report
    6 Jun 2012 … Sister Simone Campbell responds to Vatican criticism on The Colbert Report. Continue reading
  5. Income Disparities in Connecticut and Single-Payer Health Care in Maine Welcome to Maine
    5 May 2002 … Producers visit Connecticut, where the gap between rich and poor was growing faster than in any other state, and Maine to consider a debate on single-payer health insurance. Continue reading
  6. Morning Reads: The Coziness of AT&T and the NSA, More Trump Follies, Julian Bond’s Comic Book computer keyboard with a lock, chain
    8 Aug 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ… Continue reading
  7. How Our Tax Code Makes Inequality Worse A Boston suburb from the air. (Photo by Aftab Uzzaman | Flickr CC 2.0)
    5 May 2017 … If asked to describe American housing policy, the average person would almost surely answer that the government spends massive amounts of money on public and subsidized housing for poor and low-income families. Yet this is not the case. Continue reading
  8. How Corporations Inflate CEO Pay With Stock Buybacks — And Why It’s Bad for the Rest of Us In this Feb. 17, 2009 file photo, shoppers leave a Wal-Mart in Danvers, Mass. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 said it is realigning its U.S. operations in an effort to give more autonomy to executives in regional markets and reinvigorate U.S. growth.. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)
    6 Jun 2014 … Wage squeezes, stock buybacks and tax subsidies are all combining to keep America’s high and mighty ever higher and mightier. Continue reading
  9. At Scott and Zelda’s Final Resting Place, Gatsby Lives Author Francis Scott Fitzgerald in an undated photo. (AP Photo, File)
    5 May 2013 … As The Great Gatsby movie opens, Michael Winship remembers the last, strange chapter of the Fitzgerald story. Continue reading
  10. Kumi Naidoo
    9 Sep 2013 … Kumi Naidoo is the executive director of Greenpeace International, the largest independent direct-action environmental organization in the world. Under his leadership, Greenpeace convinced Unilever and Coca-Cola to discontinue the use of HFC gases, persuaded Nestle to stop buying palm oil Continue reading