The poet and writer's list spans four decades and includes fictional films and documentaries; some are classics, others are under-the-radar indies. Watch trailers and clips from each.

More people than the entire population of Colorado are in danger of defaulting on student loans. An infographic from Demos illustrates the true size of the crisis.

Nearly 200 rallied at Sallie Mae’s shareholder meeting last week to demand a meeeting with the nation’s largest private student loan lender.

Bill reports on striking extremes of wealth and poverty in California’s Silicon Valley, and writer Sherman Alexie discusses the influence of his Native American heritage.

Despite the 'get Americans back to work' rhetoric in Washington, job-training programs in Michigan are being squeezed by sequestration.

See how, once again, the American Legislative Exchange Council is fitting its sticky fingers into scores of legislative cookie jars.

Michael Winship says America's celebration of profit runs roughshod over our interest in fairness and justice.

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann says Senate Democrats' commitment to economically-vulnerable Americans "is about as thin as Republican cut proposals are deep."

The Nation's Greg Kaufmann reports on 500 activists who traveled to Washington, D.C. to “Bring Justice to Justice” in the fight for home ownership.

Only weeks after his release from prison, activist Tim DeChristopher talks about the necessity of civil disobedience in the fight for environmental justice.