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  1. Tragedy, Privation and Hope: Joy Boothe’s Inspiring Journey to Moral Mondays Joy Boothe (in black pants) at a sit-in outside the office North Carolina Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Berger in June 2014, protesting Republican education cuts. (Photo: Jenny Warburg/The American Prospect)
    10 Oct 2014 … Horrifically orphaned as a child, Joy Boothe built a house and a new life with her own hands. Now hers are among many building a movement for justice. Continue reading
  2. Unsanitized: Vaccine News Should Make People More Cautious of COVID Pfizer's corporate headquarters in midtown Manhattan. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
    11 Nov 2020 … Pfizer is out this morning saying that an early look at its Phase 3 trial for the coronavirus vaccine shows that there’s been a 90 percent effectiveness rate. It’s important to begin with the point that this is preliminary and not Continue reading
  3. How to Donate Food or Volunteer at a Food Bank
    11 Nov 2013 … Millions of Americans are struggling as Congress continues to cut the safety net. Here's what you can do to help. Continue reading
  4. Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues in Paperback
    4 Apr 2012 … Conversations with Bill Moyers are not just a must-watch; they’re also a good read. Bill Moyers Journal: The Conversation Continues, Bill Moyers’ hand-picked collection of conversations from his unique and award-winning public affairs series Bill Moyers Journal, is now available Continue reading
  5. Six Vital Conversations Jumpstarted on the Streets of Ferguson A man watches as police walk through a cloud of smoke during a clash with protesters Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with people lobbing Molotov cocktails at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    8 Aug 2014 … The unrest in Ferguson appears to be settling, but it prompted debates that continue. Continue reading
  6. Why Pittsburgh’s Success Presents a Challenge To Hillary Clinton Pittsburgh, PA skyline.
    7 Jul 2016 … Few, if any, cities better illustrate the reasons for the economic anxiety that Clinton and Kaine will confront as they travel across Pennsylvania and Ohio, or so perfectly encapsulate the increasingly yawning gap that divides the spectrum of voters Clinton Continue reading
  7. Three Ways to Fight Racism in 2014 Handcuffed man, African-American
    1 Jan 2014 … Shelving "respectability politics" and other steps toward achieving racial justice. Continue reading
  8. My Family Fled to the US to Survive. We Deserve to Stay. Immigration activists, including US Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) (second right), stage a protest on the steps of the U.S. Capitol Dec. 6, 2017 in Washington, DC. Activists urged the Congress to pass a clean Dream Act and protect Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries before the end of the year. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2017 … I grew up in Los Angeles and Seattle, but my siblings used to warn me not to reveal that we were from Mexico. They were afraid that we would be persecuted, deported and separated from one another, so they made Continue reading
  9. Morning Reads: US Almost Bombed Its Syrian Allies An F-15E Strike Eagle from the 4th Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., drops a Guided Bomb Unit 31 during a Combat Hammer mission over the Eglin Air Force Base Range during the week of March 16. Combat Hammer is also known as a Weapons System Evaluation Program for air-to-ground weapons. The 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron executes the 'Hammer' missions by evaluating the entire weapons process from loading to flight to the target. Flying squadrons 'deploy' to Eglin for the week-long evaluation.
    9 Sep 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  10. How Corporate Interests Are Shaping the Minimum Wage Debate
    2 Feb 2014 … Research concluding that raising the minimum wage could be harmful is coming out of a non-profit, backed by a PR firm, which represents the restaurant industry. Continue reading