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  1. How Is Citizens United Ruining Democracy and How Can We Stop It? (Photo: DonkeyHotey/Flickr)
    1 Jan 2015 … Five years after Citizens United, outside spending on elections is totally out of control. Here's an enraging and inspiring rundown of the current state of election spending and some ideas to improve things. Continue reading
  2. Last Night: Debating the Merits of the First Presidential Debate Media spin room, debate 2016
    9 Sep 2016 … In this special debate-night edition of "Last Night," our ongoing effort to monitor how politics is covered on prime-time television — still the major source of news for the vast majority of Americans — some of our subject-matter experts join Continue reading
  3. Ten Examples of Welfare for Corporations and the Ultra-Rich Olympic athletes queue up at the McDonalds inside the dining hall at the Olympic Village in London. July 2013. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
    1 Jan 2014 … We spend a fortune in welfare for those comfortably at the top. Continue reading
  4. ‘Against All Odds’ Is Required Viewing for White People Harmony Bryant, 13, and Jayla Bryant, 10, ride their bikes in their neighborhood along Hillrod Lane on Aug. 5, 2014 in Kettering, Maryland. The Bryants were part of an expanding black middle class that was accumulating wealth in Prince George's County but the housing crash stripped more than half the value from their home. (Photo by Michel du Cille/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2021 … “Structural racism” has become a buzzword in white progressive circles. But every time I push a white writer to break down the meaning behind the words without success, or I see a Black Lives Matter sign in an apartment window Continue reading
  5. Saul Alinsky, Who? Saul D. Alinsky, Chicago, who headed up the formation of FIGHT—Freedom, Integration, God, Honor. April 1967. (AP Photo)
    2 Feb 2012 … A closer look at the man behind Newt Gingrich's misinformation. Continue reading
  6. Chris Hedges on Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’
    7 Jul 2012 … Exploring parts of America "that have been destroyed for quarterly profit." Continue reading
  7. How Superstar Companies Like Apple Are Killing America’s High-Tech Future The exterior view of Apple Computer headquarters in Cupertino, California. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, FILE)
    2 Feb 2015 … Instead of doing massive stock buybacks, high-tech companies should “think different” about innovation by deploying some technological capability to help our society confront the major issues of our times. Continue reading
  8. Making Government Work Chicago
    7 Jul 1992 … Bill Moyers explores firsthand how citizens are taking action to improve their communities, focusing on Chicago, where citizen groups have joined with government officials to preserve manufacturing jobs, revitalize parks and prevent crime. Continue reading
  9. The Facts on Raising the Minimum Wage Pedro Rodriguez, right, talks with Andrus Reyes as they participate in a demonstration on a Burger King parking lot as part of a nationwide protest supporting higher wages for workers in the fast-food industry and other minimum wage jobs in Boston, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia)
    3 Mar 2014 … The idea is popular, so low-wage employers have come up with a number of red herrings. Continue reading
  10. Key Moments in the Fight for Civil Rights
    7 Jul 2013 … Read about moments in the 1950s and 1960s that changed the course of the Civil Rights movement. Continue reading