Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote.

The following remarks were made at the presentation of the Helen Bernstein Book Awards for Excellence in Journalism. The ceremony took place at the New York Public Library. Bill Moyers chronicles the struggle of today's journalists to report the truth despite dwindling resources and the opposition of the powerful.

Approximately 13,000 children have been recruited into armed groups in South Sudan. Who is to blame?

Ireland, a predominantly Catholic country, made a historic decision on Friday to be the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage via popular vote.

Clearly, the left matters. Why, then, is it so difficult for progressives to get a seat at the table?

The movement toward a living wage is quickly gaining public sympathy and support.

The TPP is not only – perhaps not even mostly – about freer trade, and thus who gains and who loses is very much dependent on the exact details of the agreement.

Jeb and other candidates would have you believe that while the invasion was based on faulty intelligence, it had everyone's support. But that's false: 156 members of Congress opposed war authorization.

Instead of dealing with real, complex social issues with compassion and intelligence, our major institutions seem to be fortifying themselves – with ever-increasing futility – against their imagined demons.

We the People deserve to see the agreement before Congress essentially preapproves it by voting on fast track.