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  1. Why We Need a Retail Workers Bill of Rights
    8 Aug 2014 … Despite its high minimum wage, San Francisco has the second-highest rate of income inequality among major US cities. Continue reading
  2. What Donald Trump and the Republican Party Could Learn From Cleveland The skyline of downtown Cleveland is reflected on the windows of the Convention Center, where the Republican National Convention opens Monday. (Photo by Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … Located in one of the most important swing counties in the country, Cleveland is a tale of two cites: one represented by an increasingly vibrant downtown and a growing knowledge economy; the other, a hollowed-out collection of neighborhoods increasingly left Continue reading
  3. A Guide to the Federal Budget Process Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney takes questions from reporters during a briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on March 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    3 Mar 2017 … Sara Jaffe speaks with labor economist Mark Price about budget basics, what's next in the process and what you can do, along with the "big gorilla in the room." Continue reading
  4. What’s the Best Way to Fight Violent Crime?
    1 Jan 2013 … In this Group Think, experts suggest factors that both contribute to and curb gun violence in America's inner cities. Continue reading
  5. By the Numbers: Abortion in the US Close up screen grab of the Daily Beast abortion access map.
    11 Nov 2017 … Americans hold a variety of opinions about abortion, but we should all rely on the same facts. As part of our new video series, No Choice, we look at some numbers that offer a snapshot of abortion in the United Continue reading
  6. Texas’ New Public School Textbooks Promote Climate Change Denial and Downplay Segregation FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2013 file photo, pro-science supporters rally prior to a State Board of Education public hearing on proposed new science textbooks, in Austin, Texas. The Texas Board of Education is poised to tighten rules on who can serve on citizen review panels that scrutinize proposed textbooks for use statewide, hoping to tamp down future controversies over the teaching of evolution and other issues. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
    9 Sep 2014 … On Tuesday, hundreds of citizens turned out for the first public hearing on the controversial social science materials now under review as part of the state’s contentious once-in-a-decade textbook adoption process. Continue reading
  7. Mortimer Adler on Aristotle Mortimer Adler with Bill Moyers
    5 May 1989 … Bill Moyers sits down with Dr. Mortimer Adler to discuss an array of topics including: why Dr. Adler strongly believes that everyone must use philosophy to understand the world and the nature and man and society as well as his Continue reading
  8. Morning Reads: Trump Will Keep Us ‘In Suspense’ Over Whether Or Not He Will Accept Nov. 8 Results; Wells Fargo Investigated for Identity Theft Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton (R) and Republican nominee Donald Trump walk off the stage after the final presidential debate at the Thomas & Mack Center on the campus of the University of Las Vegas in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 19, 2016. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
    10 Oct 2016 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ... Continue reading
  9. The Democrat and The Dictator Moyers discusses DFR and Hitler.
    6 Jun 1989 … Franklin Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler came to power within weeks of each other, faced off in a contest of global warfare, and died in the same month. Bill Moyers traces the childhoods and early careers of both leaders, illustrates the Continue reading
  10. A World Cup for the Wealthy, Not the People A demonstrator argues with police lined up during a protest against the World Cup in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Anti-World Cup demonstrators are demanding better public services and protesting the money spent on the international soccer tournament. (AP Photo/Bruno Magalhaes)
    6 Jun 2014 … Dave Zirin discusses the Brazilian people's protests against huge sporting events that catch the world's eye but deepen inequality and divert resources from where they're needed most in a country struggling with massive income inequality. Continue reading