Over two percent of American adults are barred from the voting booth. This kind of widespread disenfranchisement can have a significant electoral impact.

The long history of bogus social movements in service of the plutocracy.

When legislators don't abide by the open-records laws they enact, then “the public’s right to know” is a slogan — not a reality.

Next month, the Supreme Court is hearing a new case -- McCutcheon vs. FEC -- that challenges contribution limits for individuals.

For-profit colleges are using lobbying muscle and campaign contributions to tip the scales in their favor while students and veterans suffer and taxpayers foot the bill.

A round-up of some of the stuff we're reading this morning at Moyers and Company.

The Labor Department and California raise the wages of the working poor — how about we extend the good news nationwide?

Most experts agree that the way the government measures poverty is out of date. We take a look at how it got so far off, and how experts recommend fixing it.

Historian Bernard Weisberger writes it's time retire the outworn American creed. Its hidden core of arrogance has often turned it into a kind of nationalism-on-steroids.

Here's a roundup of some of the stuff we're reading this morning at Moyers and Company.