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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Bob Herbert: Losing Our Way
    10 Oct 2014 … In this book excerpt, the reporter and former New York Times columnist writes about his cross-country trip investigating the lives of the 99 percent. Continue reading
  7. The Fair Housing Act — A Complete Failure
    7 Jul 2013 … When President Lyndon B. Johnson saw his 1966 bill to ban housing discrimination die in Congress, he considered it one of his most devastating political defeats. The relentless negotiator had managed to force through the most sweeping civil rights legislation Continue reading
  8. 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
  9. Morning Reads: Clinton Outlines Economic Vision; More Racial Gerrymandering in North Carolina WARREN, MI - AUGUST 11: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton greets workers before delivering a speech on the U.S economy at Futuramic Tool & Engineering August 11, 2016 in Warren, Michigan. In her speech, Clinton contrasted her economic plan to that of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
    8 Aug 2016 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ... Continue reading
  10. Domestic Workers’ Dream Unfulfilled
    7 Jul 2013 … In 1963, Representative John Lewis, then the Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), spoke to the several hundred thousand Americans who had gathered before the Lincoln Memorial and who would soon hear Dr. King give his electrifying “I Continue reading