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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. A Wake-Up Call on Housing and Homelessness Affordable housing on the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City. March 2012. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
    12 Dec 2012 … The Nation's Greg Kaufmann reports that, as the weather grows colder and the fiscal cliff approaches, Americans living in affordable housing are worried about how the budget negotiations in Congress will affect them. Continue reading
  6. 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
  7. How Lobbying by Tax Preparers Helps Keep Tax Day Complicated NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 15: A man talks on the phone before going into an H&R Block on April 15, 2015 in New York City. Today is the deadline for filing federal income taxes. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
    4 Apr 2016 … Happy tax day! Today marks the end of a several-week period in which most of us navigate the complicated and often frustrating process of paying taxes in America. According to a recent report by the Internal Revenue Service, the average Continue reading
  8. Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers? Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg
    3 Mar 2014 … In an excerpt from her book Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch reveals the individuals and corporations behind education reform movement. Continue reading
  9. When Hospital Workers Can’t Afford Health Care Healthcare workers on strike. (Credit: SEIU1199 NW)
    3 Mar 2013 … Nearly one-fifth of large companies are raising the cost of health insurance by only offering high-deductible “catastrophic” plans to employees. Continue reading
  10. Mississippi’s Women Are Some of the Poorest in the Country. But We’re Getting Organized.
    10 Oct 2015 … A group of women — mostly low-income people of color — are preparing to put pressure on state politicians. Continue reading