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  1. Food Fight: Why Frances Moore Lappé Is Taking on Democracy Reform Voters lined up at a polling place in Flint, Michigan
    11 Nov 2016 … Well before the results of Tuesday’s election were in, Frances Moore Lappé had made up her contrarian mind: For her, the end of our long national nightmare of a campaign would mark the start of something new. “This is only Continue reading
  2. Paul Ryan’s Seven Terrible Ideas House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, holds a copy of President Barack Obama's fiscal 2014 budget proposal book as he questions Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 12, 2013, as Sebelius testified before the House Ways and Means Committee hearing on the HHS fiscal 2014 budget request. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    12 Dec 2015 … The former labor secretary runs down the "dumb" ideas Ryan clings to including tax relief for the rich, Medicaid block grants for the states, Medicare vouchers for seniors and slashing the safety net. Continue reading
  3. Time or Money? U.S. Worker’s Dilemma. Steven Brill on America post-9/11.
    4 Apr 2003 … Is a new bill in Congress putting corporate profits over workers’ rights? NOW examines the future of working overtime. Sponsors of the new bill in Congress say their legislation will give people the choice they’ve wanted: get paid for working Continue reading
  4. Morning Reads: Obamacare Is Probably Safe; Tea Partiers Then and Now Phoenix Arizona, USA, April, 2009: Tea Party attendee protests government policies with homemade sign. Courtesy: iStock
    7 Jul 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  5. Unsanitized: The Vaccine Distribution Gaps
    12 Dec 2020 … There’s a gap in transparency and a gap in funding. Plus, looking at the holiday travel stats. Continue reading
  6. Morning Reads: Welcome to John Roberts’ Plutocracy; Drug Warriors Losing Battle for Hearts and Minds Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia sit for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. September 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    4 Apr 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  7. An Education Holiday Wish List Courtney Thornton, 10, and her mother, Colleen Thornton, participate in a candlelight vigil outside the Chester-Upland School District administration building in Chester, Pa. School Administrators say they won't be able to make payroll Wednesday, Jan. 18, unless the state advances the district $18.7 million in expected funding. January 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
    12 Dec 2012 … Ten suggestions to improve education for all American children from The Nation's Greg Kaufmann. Continue reading
  8. Be a Modern-Day Robin Hood Nurses from the National Nurses United union protest for the Robin Hood Tax
    5 May 2012 … Fans call it the “Robin Hood” tax, but it’s more formally known as the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). It’s a small fee on large transactions of currencies, bonds and shares. More than 65 U.S. and international environmental, health, labor, faith, Continue reading
  9. “I Question America”: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Battle for Full Citizenship Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer of Ruleville, MS, speaks to Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sympathizers outside the Capitol in Washington, September 17, 1965, after the House of Representatives rejected a challenge to the 1964 election of five Mississippi representatives. (AP Photo/William J. Smith)
    8 Aug 2014 … The soul-searching that the country is going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, echoes that of our past. Continue reading
  10. When Charter Schools Are Nonprofit in Name Only
    12 Dec 2014 … Some charters pass along nearly all their money to for-profit companies hired to manage the schools. It’s an arrangement that’s raising eyebrows. Continue reading