Bill and Khalil Gibran Muhammad discuss the importance of confronting the contradictions of America’s past.

It's important to remember that, behind the July 4th holiday, are human beings who were as flawed as they were inspired.

Bill talks with the author and advocate about continuing efforts to fight poverty, and how to keep the needs of the poor on the American political agenda.

In 1967, Sen. Robert Kennedy traveled to rural Mississippi to check on the progress of the War on Poverty and was "deeply moved and outraged" by what he saw there.

In 1960, the largest number of jobs in the U.S. were manufacturing jobs. Today the sector ranks sixth. Find out what else has changed.

Turns out you can see income inequality in urban neighborhoods by looking at satellite images. All you have to do is count the trees.

Despite some progress, newspaper opinion pages are still dominated by male perspectives.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu says there's catharsis in recounting the horrors of the past.

The president's recent evolution on marriage equality has helped African American voters evolve too.

Barbara Ehrenreich says government and corporations use the poor as piggy banks.