Dedicated scholar Joyce Appleby's contributions to studying the fabric of America's history will be missed.

A new report says that for decades, New York State schools have been more segregated for blacks than any Southern state.

AlterNet writer Steven Rosenfeld reports on a UCLA conference, during which legal scholars discussed the best ways to get money out of politics.

This episode takes a look at the consequences of state budget cuts, and features interviews with republican strategist Grover Norquist and historian Howard Zinn.

Is early intervention a solution to crime and violence? A preeminent expert on crime shares his ideas with Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers talked with Mike Rose, a decades-long advocate for those on the margins of LA. After attending a poor neighborhood school where no one expected him to succeed, Rose because the associate director of the UCLA writing program.