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  1. The Other America Fast Food Workers Stage Nationwide Protest in front of McDonalds
    11 Nov 2020 … This post originally appeared on TomDispatch.com. In the two weeks since Election 2020, the country has oscillated between joy and anger, hope and dread in an era of polarization sharpened by the forces of racism, nativism, and hate. Still, truth Continue reading
  2. The Real Forgotten Americans Dirt streets still make up parts of East Biloxi on Jan. 2, 2016 in Biloxi, Mississippi. According to the US Census Bureau, Mississippi is the nation's poorest state, with a median income of $39,680. The city of Biloxi has struggled to make progress after the devastating flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2017 … When Donald J. Trump assumes the presidency and lays out his agenda for our country, he will likely proclaim himself, as he did in the campaign, the voice of "the forgotten Americans." To Trump, these “forgotten Americans” are the white working-class Continue reading
  3. ’90 Percent of Workers Aren’t Getting Bupkis’
    8 Aug 2013 … Greg Kaufmann asks two economists: "How could we return to broad wage growth for all workers?" Continue reading
  4. Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. (Part One): Full Transcript
    4 Apr 2016 … Bill Moyers recently interviewed Eddie Glaude Jr., author of Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul and William S. Tod Professor of Religion and African-American Studies at Princeton Univesity. Here is the full transcript of their conversation. Continue reading
  5. The Most Undercovered Stories of 2015 (Part One)
    12 Dec 2015 … Around this time every year, BillMoyers.com asks reporters, editors and bloggers which key story they feel the mainstream media failed to cover adequately over the last 12 months. This post is the first installment of a two-part series. Continue reading
  6. All Our Children All Our Children
    4 Apr 1991 … In this documentary, Bill Moyers examines the challenges facing America's youth and investigates how to help millions of young people emerging from school unprepared for life and work. Continue reading
  7. On Black Friday, Americans Confront the Wal-Mart 1 Percent: Pay Employees a Living Wage Wal-Mart workers protesting for better wages and a union in front of Alice Walton's $25 million Park Ave penthouse in NYC in October 16, 2014. (Photo: Charina Nadura/Moyers & Company)
    11 Nov 2014 … Organizers say that at more than 1,600 Wal-Mart stores, shoppers on Black Friday will be greeted by employees protesting the company's abusive labor practices. Continue reading
  8. Whose Rights Matter in Pandemic America?
    2 Feb 2021 … Not those of poor Americans, that's for sure. Continue reading
  9. Invisible Americans Get the Silent Treatment
    8 Aug 2012 … Why President Obama needs to reaffirm his commitment to the American poor. Continue reading
  10. The Good Society (Part One) The Good Society Atlanta
    8 Aug 1992 … The groundbreaking book by sociologist Robert Bellah, The Good Society, forms the backbone for this two-part program with Bill Moyers, which looks at two American cities uniquely struggling to make a better society. The first program looks at Atlanta. Despite Continue reading