• July 29, 2013
    A stalwart Congress is cutting Western firefighters’ lifelines despite the fact that they are "facing more extreme fire behavior than they have witnessed in their lifetimes.”
  • July 26, 2013
    We're compiling essays and photos of the March on Washington that we'll post here on BillMoyers.com to celebrate the March's 50th anniversary later this summer.
  • July 26, 2013
    Nearly two million working Americans make even less than the minimum because of various exemptions.
  • July 25, 2013
    Bill talks about his upcoming special broadcast -- a deep look at American civil rights past and present with Rep. John Lewis.
  • July 24, 2013
    Greg Kaufmann collects advice from anti-hunger advocates on how to respond to congressional politicking on food assistance.
  • July 24, 2013
    While the House continues kowtowing, United Steelworkers President Leo Gerard praises a select few in the Senate are working to tame the banks.
  • July 24, 2013
    Compare the speech John Lewis originally wrote to the one he actually delivered at the March on Washington.
  • July 23, 2013
    Discover why companies like AT&T want to unplug the way roughly 19 million Americans still communicate with the rest of the world.
  • July 23, 2013
    A new study shows that your potential for climbing the income ladder in the United States is largely dependent on your hometown.
  • July 23, 2013 | Group Think

    In 1963, Representative John Lewis, then the Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), spoke to the several hundred thousand Americans who had gathered before the Lincoln Memorial and who would soon hear Dr. King give his electrifying "I Have a Dream" speech. The youngest speaker that day, John Lewis challenged the proposed civil rights legislation, asking: "What is there in this bill to ensure the equality of a maid who earns $5 a ...