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  1. Vulture Capitalists Circle Above Puerto Rican Prey Heydee Perez, 29, and her son, Yenel Calera, 4, at Rio Grande, Puetro Rico on Sept. 27, 2017. They have not received any aid one week after Hurricane Maria. The roof of their home is gone and they have very little to eat. (Photo by Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … Puerto Ricans have been kicked by Irma, then kicked by Maria, and now kicked by Trump. We’re really suffering. In the middle of our humanitarian crisis, he tells us, “It’s a shame but you have to pay back that debt.” Continue reading
  2. At Home and Abroad, the Labor Movement Comes Roaring Back Protestors pause near a McDonald's restaurant in Times Square during a rally and march in New York, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, as participants, fast food workers and union members, call for a $15 minimum wage. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)
    4 Apr 2015 … Thousands of low-wage workers across the US and the world protested on tax day to demand better pay and working conditions. Continue reading
  3. How a Century of Racist Policies Made Ferguson Into a Pocket of Concentrated Despair In this Aug. 18, 2014 photo taken with a fisheye lens, people protest for Michael Brown who was killed by police Aug. 9 in Ferguson, Mo. Missouri police, in advance of a grand jury decision on whether to charge a white police officer who fatally shot a black 18-year-old, are making extensive preparations hoping to avoid a repeat of violent clashes between protesters and police. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
    10 Oct 2014 … "You cannot understand what’s going on with Ferguson today without knowing this history." Continue reading
  4. God and Politics in the Holy Land, Suing Our Way to a Multi-Racial Democracy, and the Iraqi Constitution Holy Bible
    2 Feb 2004 … A look at the influence of Christian Zionists on Middle East policy, a civil rights attorney winning big cases in the name of equality, and an uncertain future for rebuilding Iraqi government. Continue reading
  5. Highlights: All Work and No Pay Saru Jayaraman
    4 Apr 2014 … Watch clips from Bill's interview with the activist fighting the National Restaurant Association to get wages beyond their current level of $2.13 per hour. Continue reading
  6. The Clock is Running Out on Health Care for 9 Million Kids Dr. Michael Paul, with the Pediatric Mobile Health Unit of Loyola University Medical Center, performs a physical exam on fourth-grader Bennita Correa outside David Burnham Elementary School on May 11, 2004 in Cicero, Illinois. The Pediatric Mobile Health Unit, is a 40-foot long truck which accommodates two patient examination rooms, a laboratory, a medical records area and hearing booth. Since 1998 more than 50,000 uninsured and underinsured children in the Chicago area have been evaluated and treated at the unit. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … Since the inauguration of President Trump, health care has been front and center in American politics. Yet, attention has almost exclusively been focused on the Affordable Care Act, most recently in the form of Graham-Cassidy. With Congress preoccupied with a Continue reading
  7. Low-Wage Employers Have Fought Hard to Keep Their Workers Poor — Now Workers are Fighting Back Protesting fast food workers demonstrate outside a McDonald's restaurant on New York's Fifth Avenue, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
    9 Sep 2013 … Employers like Wal-Mart and McDonald's have fought hard to keep wages low, but the working poor are fighting back. Continue reading
  8. Mark Danner and America Bracho Mark Danner
    10 Oct 2009 … Mark Danner, war reporter and author of 'Stripping Bare the Body', and public health doctor America Bracho speak with Bill Moyers. Continue reading
  9. America: “The Land of the Percents” A line of job applicants snakes through a ropeline to attend the CUNY Big Apple Job Fair Friday in New York. March 2009. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    9 Sep 2012 … Romney’s recent characterization of the mindset of the 47 percent of Americans who don’t pay income taxes has spurred discussion about who pays what, and how income, taxes and entitlements affect American voters’ decisions in the voting booth. And though Continue reading
  10. America’s Schools: Still Separate and Very Much Unequal Clarksdale High School students delve into the complexities of chemistry equations, in Clarksdale, Miss. Community leaders hope improved education will help stanch a hemorrhaging population. The city's nine public schools may also be the crossroads of Mississippi's education system as state lawmakers are considering a new route, one characterized by charter schools, teacher merit pay, a tougher statewide curriculum, state-paid preschool classes and an intensive focus on reading for young students. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
    10 Oct 2014 … A teacher argues that America's schools have not “abandoned” the mission of Brown v. Board of Education, they never fully committed to it. Continue reading