A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

Labor Day is not the time to dismiss the ability of organized workers to fight economic inequality.

USC's Edward Kleinbard says we deserve a smarter conversation about the role of government in our society.

With campaign spending over seven times what it was at this point in 2012, these mid-term elections are shaping up to be the darkest in a long time.

"Our role now is to be like a social defibrillator, to shock the heart of the nation, to cause it to revive and to remember what the real enemy is: regressive extremism."

Having poor people in the richest country in the world is a choice. We have the money to solve this. But do we have the will?

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

Last week, the bank agreed to a record-setting $16.65 billion settlement for selling toxic mortgage securities during the housing boom. The deal includes $30 million for legal aid, but it's not enough.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

There are reasons to celebrate, but there's still work to be done in areas such as pay equality, reproductive rights, voting rights and personal safety.