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  1. 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
  2. ‘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
  3. 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
  4. America on the Road Model T
    6 Jun 1984 … In 1908, the first Model T rolled off the assembly line, quickly asserting itself as a dream machine that would take America down the highway and into the future. Bill Moyers shows how that future represented not only a new Continue reading
  5. Ep. 4: Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth — ‘Sacrifice and Bliss’ Joseph Campbell Headshot 2
    6 Jun 1988 … Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell discuss where heroism can be witnessed in modern society. Continue reading
  6. Trump’s Bid to Pit Black and Brown Workers Against Each Other Kenya Battle, 17, a junior at Dunbar High School in Northwest Washington, DC, stands outside of the Supreme Court as the justices heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas case on Oct. 10, 2012. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
    8 Aug 2017 … President Trump has resurrected an old canard in his effort to sell a new effort to restrict immigration into the United States. The legislation he backs, he said at a White House ceremony, was necessary in part to protect “minority Continue reading
  7. Updates on Two American Pastimes: Baseball and Insider Trading Henry Rivera sells peanuts during the Los Angeles Dodgers' Opening Day baseball game against the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium, Monday, April 1, 2013, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
    7 Jul 2014 … Seasonal concession workers at AT&T Park finally got the contract they wanted and more about the Obamacare inside information that may have been illegally leaked by a Capitol Hill staffer to the SEC. Continue reading
  8. How Voter-ID Laws Affect Women of Color
    11 Nov 2014 … For women in the low-wage workforce — approximately two-thirds of whom are women of color — the time and cost of acquiring a photo ID are real barriers. Continue reading
  9. Unsanitized: The Return of Checks Checks Checks
    12 Dec 2020 … With three days to go before government funding expires, the leadership in the House and Senate finally got in a room together to discuss a year-end deal that packages an omnibus spending bill and coronavirus aid. And what progressives are fighting for in Continue reading
  10. Morning Reads: Right Outraged at Budget Deal; Pope Francis Wins
    12 Dec 2013 … A roundup of stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading