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  • The War on Poverty: Did it Work?
    January 8, 2014 | Updated January 8, 2015
    | John Light
    Yes, and Americans want more anti-poverty initiatives.
  • How Close to Poverty Are You?
    January 7, 2014
    | John Light
    Fifty years after the War on Poverty began, poverty remains a serious problem. US Census figures show that most urban areas have neighborhoods with high poverty rates.
  • 2013 Was a Banner Year for the Upward Redistribution of American Wealth
    January 6, 2014
    | Robert Reich
    America has been redistributing upward for some time -- “trickle-down” economics turned out to be trickle up -- but we outdid ourselves in 2013.
  • Segment: Thomas Cahill on the People's Pope
    December 27, 2013 | Moyers & Company
    Bill talks to best-selling author Thomas Cahill about why Pope Francis has conservatives up in arms.
  • Capital in the Twenty-First Century: An Essential Inequality Reader
    December 23, 2013 | Updated April 17, 2014
    Everyone seems to be talking about inequality. If you’ve got questions, we’ve (hopefully) got the answers.
  • A Journalist Signs Off to Go Fight Poverty
    December 13, 2013
    | Greg Kaufmann
    After two years of writing about poverty for BillMoyers.com and The Nation magazine, Greg Kaufmann is signing off to go fight on the front lines.
  • The US Is Exporting Its Extreme Inequality Abroad
    December 11, 2013
    The globalization of American labor practices is hurting European workers' economic security.
  • Are We Having Fun Yet?
    December 10, 2013
    | Sam Pizzigati
    What makes a society a fun place to be? Really nice weather and exciting nightlife options certainly help. So does avoiding a starkly skewed distribution of income and wealth.
  • Senate Democrat Agrees to Major Food Stamp Cuts
    December 6, 2013
    | Greg Kaufmann
    While President Obama described his vision for an economy defined by mobility, Senator Debbie Stabenow brokered a deal for at least another $8 billion in SNAP cuts.
  • America's Gilded Capital
    December 6, 2013 | Moyers & Company
    Bill talks with New York Times journalist Mark Leibovich about This Town, his book on how money rules Washington, DC.


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