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  1. 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
  2. Building Democracy in ‘Trump Country’ Appalshop program participants filming. (Photo by Shawn Poynter Photography)
    3 Mar 2017 … A lot of people don’t believe me when I tell them Letcher County, Kentucky, is one of the most open-minded places I’ve ever lived. I might not have believed it either, before I moved here a year ago. I’ve spent Continue reading
  3. Michelle Alexander and Paul Butler Talking About ‘Chokehold: Policing Black Men’
    10 Oct 2017 … Earlier this month at the Brooklyn Museum, scholar and MSNBC legal analyst Paul Butler joined Michelle Alexander, civil rights lawyer and author of The New Jim Crow, for a conversation about his latest book, Chokehold: Policing Black Men. As a Continue reading
  4. Is the Pope Getting on Board with “Nuns on the Bus”? In this photo provided Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis has his picture taken inside St. Peter's Basilica with youths from the Italian Diocese of Piacenza and Bobbio who came to Rome for a pilgrimage, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013.
    9 Sep 2013 … Pope Francis's recent interview was interpreted by many as a "new direction" for the Catholic church and could have significant consequences for American political debates. Continue reading
  5. Rep. Henry Waxman on Government Waste; 2008 Campaign Endorsements Capitol Hill by night, August 11, 2012. (Image: Flickr/ Paul Arps)
    2 Feb 2008 … The JOURNAL examines abuse of power and waste being exposed by Congress's Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Also, an update on 2008 campaign endorsements. Continue reading
  6. Republican ‘Alternative’ to Obamacare Really No Alternative at All Senator Orrin Hatch one of the three authors of Republican's Patient CARE Act . (Photo: Be the Change, Inc./flickr CC 2.0)
    2 Feb 2015 … Republicans' Patient CARE Act would eliminate parts of the law that protect Americans from insurance companies. Continue reading
  7. Katherine Newman on the Economic Downturn; Big Bucks for Political Ads Katherine Newman (Photo: Robin Holland)
    1 Jan 2008 … The sociologist discusses how individual Americans are affected by the global economy crisis. Plus, a critical look at spending on political TV ads. Continue reading
  8. ‘For America’s Sake’, December 12, 2006 House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi celebrates with fellow Democrats at an election-night rally in Washington. November 2006. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
    12 Dec 2006 … Bill Moyers delivered these remarks in New York City on December 12, 2006 to the New Democracy Project. Continue reading
  9. How to Spot Income Inequality From Space? Count the Trees 9th Ward, New Orleans
    6 Jun 2012 … The poet Joyce Kilmer once wrote: “I think that I shall never see. A poem lovely as a tree.” Trees in urban settings are more than just lovely, they actually clean the air, reduce noise pollution, reduce the need for Continue reading
  10. A. Philip Randolph Was Right: ‘We Will Need To Continue Demonstrations’
    4 Apr 2014 … The legendary activist had ideas we should remember today. Continue reading