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  1. Audio: McDonald’s Tells Full-Time Employee to Apply for Welfare Benefits French fries in a fast food joint (iStock)
    10 Oct 2013 … A perfect example of a private company using the social safety net to increase their bottom line. Continue reading
  2. Mary Robinson on Hurricanes, Monsoons and the Human Rights of Climate Change Mary Robinson speaks at TEDWomen2015 in Monterey, California. (Photo by Marla Aufmuth/TED)
    9 Sep 2017 … Pat Mitchell talks with Mary Robinson, the former president of Ireland, about her work illuminating why climate change is a threat not only to our environment, but also to the human rights of many poor and marginalized people around the Continue reading
  3. How the Pope Is Revving Up Climate Action in LA’s Most Polluted Neighborhood Pope Francis waves as he is driven through the crowd ahead of his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
    7 Jul 2015 … Catholic environmentalists are channeling the power of the Pope’s words into action. Continue reading
  4. We Must End Hunger in America, Starting With Child Hunger Christian Kellogg, 6, left, and his brother Anthony Kellogg, 9, eat lunch at King Elementary School in Des Moines, Iowa, Tuesday, July 27, 2004. The school offer free lunches to neighborhood children as part of the federal government's free and reduced-price lunch program for low-income children. Both children will be students at the school this fall. (AP Photo/J. Mark Kegans)
    1 Jan 2015 … For our kids to be well read, they must first be well fed. Continue reading
  5. America: What Went Wrong? (Part Two) American flag, USA
    4 Apr 1992 … In part two of this program, BIll Moyers examines the forces that have contributed to the dismantling of the American economy, based on the research from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele. Continue reading
  6. When Even Santa Can’t Get a Job Tonya Crenshaw and Kendrick Haraalson fill out applications at a job fair in Brookpark, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
    12 Dec 2012 … If Congress doesn’t extend the unemployment insurance program at the end of the year, two million people would be cut off. Continue reading
  7. Conservative Strategist Grover Norquist and Civil Rights Lawyer Christopher Edley
    11 Nov 2004 … This episode of NOW featured interviews with Grover Norquist, architect of the Conservative revolution, and public policy and national politics expert Christopher Edley. Continue reading
  8. Why Bernie Sanders’ Brainstorm Shouldn’t Die
    10 Oct 2016 … In a presidential campaign dominated by controversies over groping women, leaked emails, rigged voting and border walls, a promising idea to help the most vulnerable Americans that began to gain traction during the primaries has fallen by the wayside. Last Continue reading
  9. Most Underreported Stories of 2014
    12 Dec 2014 … As 2014 draws to a close, we asked editors, journalists and friends of BillMoyers.com: What story didn't get the attention it deserved this year? Continue reading
  10. Robert Frank Talks ‘Radical Pragmatism’ and the Economy Internal Revenue Service building
    10 Oct 2016 … Robert H. Frank is one of America's leading economists. In addition to reams of textbooks, he has written a number of books looking at the impact of the nation's widening income gap and the habits of the people who inhabit Continue reading