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  • Inequality
    Robert Reich Explains Why Paul Ryan's Agenda is Terrible
    December 6, 2015
    | Robert Reich
    The former labor secretary runs down the "dumb ideas" Ryan clings to including tax relief for the rich, Medicaid block grants for the states, Medicare vouchers for seniors and slashing the safety net.
  • Economy & Work
    The Big Idea That Could Bring Disaffected Voters Back to the Polls
    November 20, 2015
    | William Greider
    Bernie Sanders has a plan to expand, not “save,” Social Security — and it should be popular.
  • Paul Ryan Wants to Shut Down the Government, Permanently
    October 22, 2015
    | Dean Baker
    Journalists are fond of saying what a "budget wonk" Ryan is, but they never talk about what he actually says about the budget.
  • Alex Lawson: We Need to Expand the Most Effective Anti-Poverty Program in America
    January 22, 2015
    | Alex Lawson
    One of the easiest and most effective things Congress could do to fight poverty would be to expand a program that already works very well: Social Security.
  • Activism
    12 Days, 12 Ways to Fight Poverty in America
    January 19, 2015 | Updated January 28, 2015
    | Greg Kaufmann
    Every day, visit BillMoyers.com to discover a new action you can take to help turn the tide in the fight against poverty.
  • Paul Ryan’s Faux Populism Isn’t Going to End Poverty or Reduce Inequality
    July 27, 2014
    | John Nichols
    The Republican from Wisconsin has borrowed some populist rhetoric to go with his “kinder, gentler” talk about poverty. But his populism is not the real thing.
  • Deep in the Tell-Tale Heart of the Texas GOP
    July 22, 2014
    | Michael Winship
    In its official 2014 platform for Texas, the GOP has gone for the chimerical bucket list of the extreme right instead of trying out real solutions to address real problems.
  • Damaged Democrats: Can They Recover?
    July 8, 2014
    | Robert Kuttner
    It's the Democratic Party's own fault that voters struggle to distinguish it from the Republican Party.
  • Looking Beyond the Minimum Wage
    May 22, 2014
    | Stephen Lerner
    Minimum wage campaigns should be the entry point to not only raise the bottom but also to challenge the tricks, skims and scams that concentrate wealth into the hands of fewer and fewer people.
  • Morning Reads: Tea Party Victorious in GOP Civil War; Is Austerity Fueling the Rise of Eurofascism?
    May 21, 2014
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...


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