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  1. So, IS Paul Ryan a Racist? House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Committee annual conference in National Harbor, Md., Thursday, March 6, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
    3 Mar 2014 … Fighting about whether Paul Ryan is a racist is a very good thing. Continue reading
  2. Beyond Hate Moyers hate
    5 May 1991 … Moyers talks to those whose lives have been shaped by hate and those who have dedicated their lives to moving beyond it, including Elie Wiesel, Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, Myrlie Evers-Williams, Václav Havel and others. Continue reading
  3. Martin Luther King’s Fight for Workers’ Rights Leaders of March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom marching with signs. Left to right: Matthew Ahmann, Floyd McKissick Jr., Martin Luther King Jr., Eugene Carson Blake and Cleveland Robinson. (Photo by Robert W. Kelley/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … Most Americans today know that Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in Memphis, Tennessee in 1968, but few know why he was there. King went to Memphis to support African American garbage workers, who were on strike to protest Continue reading
  4. People Over 75 Are First in Line to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19
    2 Feb 2021 … Prioritizing COVID-19 vaccinations for people 75 and up can leave out Black Americans, who tend to die younger than their white counterparts. In majority-Black Shelby County, this gap raises questions of how to make the vaccine rollout equitable. Continue reading
  5. “Tale of Two Cities:” New York Has Become the Capital of Inequality (Image: Flickr/ Toño Ortiz)
    9 Sep 2014 … According to the Census Bureau, the Big Apple is now the most unequal city in the US. Continue reading
  6. ‘Party Favors: Convention Spending’ and The Wilderness Act at 40 Blue Lake in the Sabrina Basin of the Sierra Nevada, in the John Muir Wilderness of the Inyo National Forest. Taken on an Eastern Sierra backpacking trip in 2007. (Photo: Wikimedia)
    8 Aug 2004 … A behind-the-scenes look at the lavish convention parties the Democrats and Republicans don't want you to see, 2004 political analysis, and a conversation about the impact of incarceration on black men. Continue reading
  7. Real-Life Hunger Is No Game Jennifer Lawrence portrays Katniss Everdeen, left, and Liam Hemsworth portrays Gale Hawthorne in a scene from 'The Hunger Games.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate, Murray Close, File)
    11 Nov 2013 … This month's food stamp cuts, and the additional cuts likely to come with a new farm bill, will have a devastating impact on the lives of millions of Americans. Continue reading
  8. The Student Loan Crisis and the Debtfare State In this Oct. 6, 2011 photo, Gan Golan, of Los Angeles, dressed as the "Master of Degrees," holds a ball and chain representing his college loan debt, during Occupy DC activities in Washington. As President Obama prepared to announce new measures Wednesday to help ease the burden of student loan debt, new figures painted a demoralizing picture of college costs for students and parents: Average in-state tuition and fees at four-year public colleges rose an additional $631 this fall, or 8.3 percent, compared with a year ago. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
    6 Jun 2015 … It is crucial that we reveal, attack and uproot the increasing power of the student loan industry — and acknowledge the government's role in the crisis. Continue reading
  9. Morning Reads: Texas Judge Blocks Obama’s Immigration Order Susan Peralta, a third generation Mexican-American, protests outside the Arizona Capitol Saturday, May 1, 2010 in Phoenix to protest Arizona's controversial new immigration bill. Activists said outrage over Arizona's controversial immigration law "awakened a sleeping giant" Saturday as rallies demanding federal immigration reform kicked off in cities across the country. (AP Photo/Matt York)
    2 Feb 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  10. What is a Living Wage? About 100 immigrant janitors marched through downtown Houston to protest a local cleaning company accused of withholding paychecks from its employees and not paying them for all hours they worked. June 2006 (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
    8 Aug 2012 … Economist Robert Pollin explains why it's important not to sacrifice the welfare of workers in tough economic times. Continue reading