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  1. Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot: Problems and Promise of School Today Sara Lawrence Lightfoot
    10 Oct 1988 … The writer and professor discusses philosophies of education, what makes some schools good and some teachers memorable, and her mother's extraordinary educational journey to a career as a child psychoanalyst. Continue reading
  2. Our Long National Debate Nightmare is Over A media circus was inevitable once Trump became the Republican nominee, and many people will be glad to see this campaign draw to a close. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
    10 Oct 2016 … “No, you’re the puppet!” Well, that was grueling. How did the third and final debate manage to be so sensationalistic and yet at the same time so boring? It seemed to go on forever. Continue reading
  3. Segment: Rising Voices for a New Economy Ai-Jen Poo of National Domestic Workers Alliance and George Goehl of National People's action at Rising Voices conference in Washington, DC. (Photo: NPA Flickr)
    7 Jul 2014 … Two successful community organizers join forces to improve the lives of working Americans and make corporations pay their fair share in taxes. Continue reading
  4. Morning Reads: EuroDrones and the Lobbyists’ Lobby’s Rebranding Effort
    11 Nov 2013 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  5. Eight Ways to Reduce Income Inequality Emma Robertson, 3, of Jacksonville, Ill., peers above the counter as she waits in line Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014, for pancakes and sausage at the Spirit of Faith soup kitchen in Jacksonville. (AP Photo/Jacksonville Journal Courier, Bre Linstromberg Copper)
    3 Mar 2015 … By taxing progressively, respecting worker rights and rethinking economics, we could make a great start at creating a more equal world. Continue reading
  6. A Conversation with Bill Gates: Making a Healthier World for Children and Future Generations Bill Gates
    5 May 2003 … NOW examines health issues around the world and Bill Moyers sits down with Microsoft mogul and public health student Bill Gates. Continue reading
  7. Millennials Didn’t Abandon Our Institutions — Our Institutions Failed Them Cameron Karnes sorts CDs at Independent Records & Video March 14, 2006, in Denver. As a group, Millennials, the generation born between 1981 and 1999, are characterized as confident, hardworking and technologically fluent. (AP Photo/The Denver Post, Kathryn Osler)
    3 Mar 2014 … Young people have every reason to feel detached from an array of major institutions that are no longer in tune with the problems that they face. Continue reading
  8. Single Women and the Vote; Protecting Voting Rights counting votes
    10 Oct 2004 … NOW and Michele Mitchell consider issues that are important to single women and might get them to the polls, and civil rights litigator Judith Browne discusses concerning voter suppression strategies. Continue reading
  9. Fading Hope Among the Urban Poor
    1 Jan 2013 … There’s been a lot of handwringing of late over the murder rate in Chicago. Everyone points out that last year’s number, 506, exceeded the previous year’s count by 16 percent. But if you look at the numbers over the past Continue reading
  10. Who Gets Abortions? You Might Be Surprised. World Trade Center PATH Station, Church Street, New York City. (Credit: John St. John | Flickr CC 2.0)
    11 Nov 2017 … There is an assumption that the women who undergo abortions are teenagers in high school or young childless women working toward a higher degree, or perhaps launching a career. This is an image that was imprinted on American society in Continue reading