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  1. The Unraveling of a Dream
    7 Jul 2013 … The sign I carried at the March on Washington said: “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” I had just graduated from the University of Minnesota and was an intern at the State Department. A half century has not dulled Continue reading
  2. That Night the Lights Went Out Police officers and passersby in front of a damaged Brooklyn store front, looted in the wake of the New York City blackout, July 14, 1977. (Photo by Robert R. McElroy/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2017 … The summer of 1977 was long, hot and bizarre, and not simply because of the massive blackout. The city was still trying to pull itself from near-bankruptcy, just two years after the New York Daily News had reported the federal Continue reading
  3. The Bad Boss Tax In this Feb. 17, 2009 file photo, shoppers leave a Wal-Mart in Danvers, Mass. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010 said it is realigning its U.S. operations in an effort to give more autonomy to executives in regional markets and reinvigorate U.S. growth.. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole, File)
    7 Jul 2014 … Workers at Target, Wal-Mart and McDonald’s need food stamps to survive. Should the companies be taxed accordingly? Continue reading
  4. A Question of Fairness: Winners and Losers, Rewriting the Rules, and Tax Justice baseball park
    11 Nov 2003 … A three-part investigation into the roots of growing US economic inequality, and the often-forgotten human toll of government policies that favor corporations over individuals. Continue reading
  5. Morning Reads: Sandra Bland Arrest Video, Kids Count and the $153,000 Snakebite Sandra Bland police dashboard video screenshot
    7 Jul 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ… Continue reading
  6. Banks Got Nowhere to Run To, Baby US Bank branch in Omaha, Neb.
    4 Apr 2013 … After facing protests in their home city of Minneapolis, U.S. Bank executives moved their shareholders meeting to Idaho -- but the outrage followed. Continue reading
  7. Coming Home From War, Salon on Big Media, and Misconceptions About the Middle Class and the Economy TRANSCRIPT ONLY HAS PICTURE US vets
    11 Nov 2003 … This episode of NOW examines the gaps between the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs that allow America's war wounded to fall between the cracks after sacrificing so much for their country, the relationship between Big Media conglomerates Continue reading
  8. Morning Reads: SCOTUS Strikes Down Campaign Limits; Republican Asks How Equal Pay Will Help Men
    4 Apr 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  9. America’s Criminal Injustice System A condemned inmate stands with handcuffs on as he prepares to be released from the exercise yard back to his cell at San Quentin State Prison's death row on August 15, 2016 in San Quentin, California. San Quentin State Prison opened in 1852 and is California's oldest penitentiary. The facility houses the state's only death row for men and currently has 700 condemned inmates. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
    8 Aug 2016 … Once upon a time, I was a journalist, covering war in Indochina, Central America, and the Middle East. I made it my job to write about the victims of war, the “civilian casualties.” To me, they were hardly “collateral damage,” Continue reading
  10. The Big Idea That Could Bring Disaffected Voters Back to the Polls Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., smiles as he is introduced before speaking at a luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, March 9, 2015. Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, is considering running for the 2016 Democratic nomination as a liberal alternative to Hillary Clinton, focusing on income inequality and climate change. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
    11 Nov 2015 … Bernie Sanders has a plan to expand, not “save,” Social Security — and it should be popular. Continue reading