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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. Morning Reads: Wisconsin Campaign Finance Regs Stripped, How Scalia Could Help Labor, Keystone Rejected Wisconsin
    11 Nov 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  7. Science for Sale? Drug Companies and Ad Agencies; The Cuban Missile Crisis and Iraq; Bob Moses’ Algebra Project
    11 Nov 2002 … As drug costs increase, are advertising agencies influencing the research behind your medication? And at one Mississippi high school, a former civil rights activist is using math to change his students' lives. Continue reading
  8. Morning Reads: Germany Boots CIA Chief Over Spy Scandal; UAW Gets Toehold in TN German Chancellor Angela Merkel uses her mobile phone at the German Federal Parliament Bundestag in Berlin, Germany. Merkel is among the world leaders who are trying to cope following allegations of massive electronic monitoring by the U.S. National Security Agency in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
    7 Jul 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  9. 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
  10. 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