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  1. Don’t Wait on the White House – Fight for Workers’ Rights! President Obama speaks at Laborfest 2014 at Henry Maier Festival Park Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
    9 Sep 2014 … If you want change, then be prepared to mobilize, organize and fight for your rights. Continue reading
  2. The Rise and Fall of the US Government
    1 Jan 2015 … While other conservatives say that the American state has become too powerful, Francis Fukuyama argues that it has grown too weak. Continue reading
  3. Income Disparities in Connecticut and Single-Payer Health Care in Maine Welcome to Maine
    5 May 2002 … Producers visit Connecticut, where the gap between rich and poor was growing faster than in any other state, and Maine to consider a debate on single-payer health insurance. Continue reading
  4. Morning Reads: The Coziness of AT&T and the NSA, More Trump Follies, Julian Bond’s Comic Book computer keyboard with a lock, chain
    8 Aug 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ… Continue reading
  5. How Trump Could Spend $1 Trillion to Fix America If He Knew What He Was Doing We need to give people a wide range of transportation options, says Lynn Richards of Congress for New Urbanism. (Photo by KIDKUTSMEDIA/ flickr CC 2.0)
    5 May 2017 … Infrastructure! We’ve really got your attention now, right? Here’s the thing, though: It’s what makes modern life possible. Showers, cellphones, pizza delivery, toilets — all those fail without infrastructure. Much of what we’ve got now is old, dangerous and needs Continue reading
  6. Mariana Chilton
    6 Jun 2013 … Mariana Chilton is an associate professor of public health at Drexel University in Philadelphia and director of the Center for Hunger-Free Communities. She is a founder of Witnesses to Hunger, an advocacy program aimed at increasing women’s participation in the Continue reading
  7. Just Saying “Systemic Racism” Doesn’t Expose Systemic Racism Demonstrator Randall Grey protests a taxation of the wealthy during a rally at Occupy Wall Street San Diego on Oct. 13, 2011 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Corbis via Getty Images)
    6 Jun 2020 … Let us name the system: "racial capitalism." Continue reading
  8. The Justice, the Pope, the Press and the Question of Values Pope Francis walks on stage at the US border, before celebrating mass at the Ciudad Juarez fairgrounds, on February 17, 2016. (GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)
    2 Feb 2016 … Given how quickly the news cycle spins these days, Pope Francis’ extemporaneous criticism of candidates who would rather build walls than bridges, prompted by a reporter’s question about Donald Trump, already seems like ancient history. And even Justice Antonin Scalia’s Continue reading
  9. ‘Dollarocracy’: How Special Interests Undermine Our Democracy
    11 Nov 2013 … The United States has experienced fundamental changes that are dramatically detrimental to democracy. any honest assessment of America’s arc of history tells us that it has bent toward justice only when the demand has been sufficient to address the crisis. Continue reading
  10. This Unnoticed Part of Obama’s Child Care Initiative Is a Big Deal Milan Scott of Flint, Mich., follows along with teacher assistant Tekia Long, a University of Michigan-Flint junior and Flint native, as they read in a book together during teacher Mary Lynn Gottler's class on Tuesday morning, Oct. 8, 2013, at William S. White Building on the University of Michigan-Flint campus in downtown Flint. The U-M Flint Early Childhood Development Center (ECDC) has been awarded a $500,000 grant to help students cover childcare costs while they attend classes. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) LOCAL TV OUT; LOCAL INTERNET OUT
    2 Feb 2015 … It's not enough for family policy programs to care for kids while their parents are at work. They have to support the families at home, too. Continue reading