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  1. Time to Give America a Raise
    9 Sep 2013 … The Labor Department and California raise the wages of the working poor — how about we share the wealth nationwide? Continue reading
  2. What Will The Democratic Party Stand for in 2016? This combination of file photos shows Democratic presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders(L) and Hillary Clinton in March 2016. (PHOTO DESK/AFP/Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2016 … Last week made clear that Bernie Sanders won't be the Democratic nominee. But a meeting of the Democratic Platform Committee in Washington also made it clear that the Vermont senator will wield considerable influence over the party's future. Continue reading
  3. Families First Bill Moyers with one of the families featured in the 'Families First' program
    3 Mar 1992 … Bill Moyers explores the human services system in America as it works to help families stay together. Continue reading
  4. ‘Inequality Matters’, June 3, 2004
    6 Jun 2004 … Bill Moyers Speech Inequality Matters, DEMOS June 3, 2004 New York University. Continue reading
  5. Where “Compassionate Conservatism” Falls Apart Frankie Tisdale, a Brooklyn-based fast-food worker at home with his children. He joined the global protests for a higher minimum wage for fast-food workers in May 2014. (Neha Tara Mehta/Moyers & Company)
    7 Jul 2014 … Joshua Holland points out some conservative myths raised in this week's interview, and debunks them. Continue reading
  6. Why Is a Senate Democrat Agreeing to Another $8 Billion in Food Stamp Cuts?
    12 Dec 2013 … While Obama described his vision for an economy defined by mobility, Senator Debbie Stabenow brokered a deal for at least another $8 billion in SNAP cuts. Continue reading
  7. Interview Transcript: Frances Moore Lappé On Why She’s Reinventing Herself Lappé addresses a crowd gathered for the Democracy Spring mobilization in Washington, DC. (Photo: Democracy Spring)
    11 Nov 2016 … Frances Moore Lappé, founder of the Small Planet Institute, has been a leader on questions of food and sustainability since the 1970s, when she published her groundbreaking book, Diet for a Small Planet. But, as she described in a recent Continue reading
  8. How Populists Like Bernie Sanders Should Talk About Racism https://www.flickr.com/photos/evandagan/19816882994/in/photolist-x9uKKV-x8WUsc-xecZmN-whXSeA-xa5tmQ-x8pZ9f-x8qd29-x6Rsms-wRG8tx-x6RJ6J-wRxsH3-wRxN6S-x9b9nv-x8qukm-wc9GUs-x6R2uJ-x9Ju84-wca8rJ-wRGipV-wRxPxY-wRyVKh-x9bVgP-x9b4jK-x9aV6a-wc9YLY-wRxvQ3-x9Hfk6-wRyqGs-x6RmGS-wcihKM-x6RNeU-wRy1Mm-wRzb1j-x8qg9w-x6RaNh-wRyNXu-wciKvv-wcadzQ-x6RRxY-wcjbJ6-wc9t89-x8oH9S-wRG46V-wRFMDT-x9bAwp-wciUfV-wRxCSj-wcjr8M-wRxM87-x9JA8R
    1 Jan 2016 … Bernie Sanders’s remarkable popularity going into the Iowa caucus shows that economic populism is ascendant on the left. And yet the notable whiteness of his followers forces an uncomfortable question about this emerging progressive coalition. It’s been 50 years since Continue reading
  9. Why We Need a Universal Basic Income Fast food worker strikes in New York City, July 2013. (Photo by Annette Bernhardt/ flickr CC 2.0)
    9 Sep 2017 … As Labor Day approached this year, I awaited the lip service of Republicans praising “job creators” and business owners. I knew full well there was no chance they’d honor the common laborer — the people who feed, house and transport Continue reading
  10. The Older Americans Act and US Seniors Social worker Roberta Marzano with Caring People Alliance speaks with seniors at the Fels South Philadelphia Community Center in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009. In light of Pennsylvania's six-week-old budget stalemate, Arlene Bell, the president and CEO of Caring People Alliance told her several hundred employees that this Friday's payroll would be slashed by more than half to keep the 77-year-old nonprofit's doors open to the children and elderly it serves. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    6 Jun 2013 … Because of sequestration, millions of dollars will be cut from the Great Society-era Older Americans Act during a time when our seniors can least afford it. Continue reading