Preeminent education historian and public school advocate Diane Ravitch talks to Bill this week about the private sellout of public schools.

Arguing about whether Paul Ryan is a racist is a very good thing.

The vast wealth that has accumulated at the top of the American economy isn't the problem -- it's that political power tends to rise to where the money is.

The real cost of conservatives' cruelty cannot be measured in dollars and cents, but in people’s lives.

The Catholic archbishop of NY, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, has lobbied for a new state tax credit for individuals and corporations who donate money to schools, including religious ones.

Parents, students and teachers all over the country have joined the revolt to liberate our kids from a test-obsessed education system.

Those interested in creating a market-based system to replace public education are spreading the false story that our public schools are obsolete and failing. They are not.

Back then, and again now, we hear that the key to prosperity is getting government regulations out of businesses' way.

Here's some of our favorite clips from Bill's interview with investigative journalists Kim Barker and Andy Kroll on dark money in the 2014 mid-term elections.

The DOE’s comprehensive civil rights survey revealed this and several other disturbing stats about racial inequality in our public schools.