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  1. A Wealthy Capitalist on Why Money Doesn’t Trickle Down A worker in McDonald near Wall St. hands a hash brown to a customer. (Credit: Charina Nadura)
    9 Sep 2014 … The fundamental law of capitalism is: When workers have more money, businesses have more customers. Continue reading
  2. Rise Up or Die FILE - In this Sept. 18, 2008 file photo, a mountaintop removal mining site at Kayford Mountain, W.Va. with Coal River Mountain, left, in the background. Environmental activists gained more momentum this year than in the past decade against the destructive, uniquely Appalachian form of strip mining known as mountaintop removal. But they have yet to mobilize the millions of supporters they want. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner, File)
    5 May 2013 … This post originally appeared at Truthdig. Joe Sacco and I spent two years reporting from the poorest pockets of the United States for our book “Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt.” We went into our nation’s impoverished “sacrifice zones” — the first areas Continue reading
  3. Families Matter Family matters
    6 Jun 1992 … Bill Moyers examines why America has become an unfriendly culture for children, and explores some of the practical steps needed to create a more hospitable social climate for families. The program also visits parents in San Diego who are struggling Continue reading
  4. Helping Children Eat & Eat Well Family using the Feeding America program
    6 Jun 2013 … See ways you can help children in your community get the nutritious food they need. Continue reading
  5. The Great American Class War: Plutocracy Versus Democracy Cartoon from the Southern Labor Archives at Georgia State University depicting plutocrats with piles of money.
    12 Dec 2013 … Bill reflects on the class struggles he observed in the small East Texas town he grew up in and the modern-day class war waged by the wealthy on our democracy. Continue reading
  6. Carbon Counterattack
    1 Jan 2015 … Increasingly grim economic pressures, growing popular resistance and the efforts of government regulators have all shocked the energy industry. Continue reading
  7. Mr. President, Have Pity on the Working Man A construction worker silhouetted against the morning sky builds a planned shopping center in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    7 Jul 2013 … Bill Moyers and Michael Winship reveal how the owners of capital wring even greater wealth from the sweat and sacrifice of workers, deepening America's economic inequality. Continue reading
  8. Donald Trump and the Escalation of Hate
    6 Jun 2016 … While white supremacists have long been active in America, Trump’s statements against various racial groups seem to be further stoking their fires. Continue reading
  9. By the Numbers: The Incredibly Shrinking American Middle Class 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 2013 … A snapshot of what America's middle class used to be and what it is now in terms of wages, work and out-of-pocket costs -- and the problems caused by growing economic inequality. Continue reading
  10. Raising the Minimum Wage Is the “Free Market” Thing to Do Demonstrators protesting for $15/hour wages and proper treatment for fast-food workers march in downtown Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
    1 Jan 2014 … In theory, everyone agrees that the government should step in to correct market failures. It's the politics that get in the way. Continue reading