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  1. Is Trump’s Family Leave Plan a Shell Game? "Paid Leave is a Family Value" sign in the Women's March on Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 2017. (Photo courtesy of Ellen Bravo)
    5 May 2017 … Ellen Bravo, co-director of Family Values @ Work, a network of coalitions in 24 states winning paid sick days and paid family medical leave insurance, talks with Sarah Jaffe about President Trump’s proposed family leave plan, part of his newly Continue reading
  2. Meet the Tenacious Gardeners Putting Down Roots in “America’s Most Desperate Town” Nohemi Soria and Pedro Rodriguez harvest collard greens in Camden, N.J. (Photo: Kristin Moe)
    6 Jun 2014 … In Camden, New Jersey, they've created one of the nation's fastest growing networks of urban farms. Continue reading
  3. Homeowners Take Foreclosure Fight to the DOJ Protesters mobilize at Freedom Plaza. Credit: Greg Kaufmann
    5 May 2013 … The Nation's Greg Kaufmann reports on 500 activists who traveled to Washington, D.C. to “Bring Justice to Justice” in the fight for home ownership. Continue reading
  4. US Honors Veterans with Stirring Speeches and Painful Austerity
    11 Nov 2013 … We have a rich tradition of lauding our veterans while turning our backs on their real-world problems. Continue reading
  5. Future Talk Pollution ocean
    6 Jun 1992 … Bill Moyers examines the politics of the environment and how choices Americans make now will determine whether we can create and sustain a quality of life that will not jeopardize our children’s future. The program focuses on population and energy Continue reading
  6. On the Money: A House Divided Against Itself
    3 Mar 2014 … Our latest roundup of key money and politics reporting. This week: A Republican civil war, a rebranded Koch brothers' enterprise and how to do some dark money digging on your own. Continue reading
  7. Counting Down to 2014 in Afghanistan Smoke rises from the building of Kabul traffic police headquarters during insurgents' attack, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Jan. 21, 2013. Taliban insurgents wearing suicide vests attacked the headquarters before dawn Monday, police said, and eyewitnesses heard numerous explosions while a gun battle was still raging nearly four hours later. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
    1 Jan 2013 … This report originally appeared on Tom Dispatch. Three Lousy Options: Pick One Kabul, Afghanistan — Compromise, conflict, or collapse: ask an Afghan what to expect in 2014 and you’re likely to get a scenario that falls under one of those Continue reading
  8. After Labor Day, Dig In for the Fight Ahead McDonald's workers and supporters rally outside a McDonald's, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, in Chicago. Fast-food workers calling for $15 an hour are picking up some more allies Wednesday. Airport workers, home care workers, Walmart workers and adjunct professors are among those set to join in the fight for $15 protests across the country, in what organizers are calling the biggest ever mobilization of workers in the U.S. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)
    9 Sep 2015 … As we take stock after Labor Day, there’s much that we have accomplished, much to be grateful for, and yet so much work remains if we are to create a path to economic stability for all of us. Continue reading
  9. Whose Land? Aerial view of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, LOC
    7 Jul 2020 … Trump sets himself up as a defender of American history and culture against a “new far-left fascism” trying to destroy America. Continue reading
  10. Something We Can All Get Behind: Subsidized Jobs In this June 23, 2014 photo, job seekers and recruiters meet during a job fair in Philadelphia. The Labor Department releases weekly jobless claims on Thursday, June 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
    8 Aug 2014 … A subsidized jobs program that created 20,000 jobs around the Commonwealth shows that such initiatives can be a win both for those struggling for work and for employers. Continue reading