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  1. Think Tank Report Says Poor Americans Have It Too Good
    8 Aug 2013 … A new report released by the Cato Institute claims that the "current welfare system provides such a high level of benefits that it acts as a disincen­tive for work.” Continue reading
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. A Conversation with Maya Lin Maya Lin
    4 Apr 2003 … The acclaimed sculptor and architect talks with Bill Moyers about a life and career that has been shaped by her Chinese-American heritage. This extended version of Bill's half-hour broadcast interview with Lin was released for home video distribution and never Continue reading
  7. The Home Front The Home Front with Bill Moyers
    5 May 1991 … This 60-minute special documents the major crises facing our country at a time when the media and political world were distracted with matters abroad. Continue reading
  8. The President Should Make Wal-Mart Part of the Minimum Wage Debate
    5 May 2014 … Walmart, the country’s largest private employer, pays 825,000 workers less than $25,000 a year. The president needs to push it to pay its low-wage workforce more. Continue reading
  9. The Fire Next Door
    3 Mar 1977 … In this award-winning documentary, Bill Moyers takes a breathtaking look at the arson and crime that nearly destroyed the Bronx in the 1970s. Continue reading
  10. ‘American Winter’ Arrives at Capitol Hill Diedre Melson, John Cox and Pamela Thatcher. (Credit: Don Mathis.)
    6 Jun 2013 … Three Oregonians living on the margins testified at a congressional subcommittee hearing last week on the state of the American Dream and how economic policies are affecting the middle class. Continue reading