A snapshot of what America's middle class used to be and what it is now in terms of wages, work and out-of-pocket costs -- and the problems caused by growing economic inequality.

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

Robert Reich shares his plan of action for making our economy healthier and better for everyone.

Most experts agree that the way the government measures poverty is out of date.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.

The news is that there's really no news, despite another year when the economy was supposed to be recovering.

Bill interviews the director of a new documentary featuring economic analyst Robert Reich on how the widening income gap is a threat to our democracy.

Dave Zirin, The Nation magazine’s first ever sports writer, joins Bill to discuss the collision of sports with politics and why it’s not only inevitable but newsworthy, and an essay from Bill on Syria.

A long-delayed Dodd-Frank provision that would expose CEOs who make hundreds (or thousands) of times more than their employees may be coming soon.

A new documentary looks at the heavyweight champion's role in key historical social movements of the 1960s.

No city — and no country — should have to accept a corporation paying its experienced workers poverty wages.