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  1. A Former Inmate and Drug Addict on Incarceration, What You Need to Know About Iran, and Affirmative Action in College Admissions Prison
    6 Jun 2003 … How can the American corrections system break the cycles of addiction and incarceration? A look at the psyche of Iran, and should colleges offer race-based affirmative action? Continue reading
  2. Under the Radar
    3 Mar 2021 … Recent reports on student loans, redistricting, minimum wage and housing justice. Continue reading
  3. Philly’s New Land Bank: Will it Give Blighted Communities a Boost? Philadelphia mural. (Photo: Shrub 75/flickr)
    12 Dec 2013 … The city is home to more than 40,000 vacant properties. Now neighborhoods are hoping a new public entity can help them bounce back from the post-industrial blues. Continue reading
  4. Eyes on the Street
    1 Jan 2013 … Notebooks could be filled contrasting Chicago’s approach to governing with New York’s. The discrepancies in public safety should be looked at within the context of other government goods and services, like public housing. (The Big Apple remains functional and operational Continue reading
  5. 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
  6. Commonomics: How We Can Build Local Economies That Work for Everyone
    10 Oct 2013 … We need to rethink our economy in fundamentally new ways. Continue reading
  7. Last Night: Debating the Merits of the Third Debate A protester outside the Supreme Court on the anniversary of the Citizens United v. FEC Supreme Court case. (Photo by Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
    10 Oct 2016 … Democracy is a living form of government, evolving over time and requiring constant vigilance to ensure proper representation; undermining the entire process, however, is childish and dangerous. Continue reading
  8. The Vanishing Family: Crisis in Black America Vanishing Family
    7 Jul 1989 … Bill Moyers takes a second look at this Peabody Award-winning documentary which provides an unflinching account of the disintegration of family in the African-American community. Continue reading
  9. 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
  10. 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