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    Howard Zinn and the Joy of a Political Life
    December 22, 2014
    | Frances Fox Piven
    The essays in Some Truths Are Not Self-Evident remind us that Zinn was not just a historian: he was also deeply involved in the major 20th century struggles for social justice in the United States.
  • Inequality
    Millennials Aren't Mysterious, We're Broke
    December 22, 2014
    | Donovan X. Ramsey
    The suggestion that "the cheapest generation" are forgoing major financial decisions because of our values is a stretch.
  • History
    Why Have Americans Stopped Resisting Economic Privilege?
    December 19, 2014
    | Steve Fraser
    In this excerpt from Steve Fraser's new book, The Age of Acquiescence, the historian wonders why people in the second Gilded Age aren't fighting back the way they did the first time.
  • Media
    Bill on The Colbert Report
    December 19, 2014
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In June 2013, Bill Moyers joined Stephen Colbert to discuss "Two American Families," a Frontline documentary on the disappearing middle class. Watch what happens.
  • Web Extra: The New Robber Barons
    December 19, 2014
    Americans are fed up now with the powers that be, just as they were in the First Gilded Age. So why aren't people rising up to the same degree today?
  • The New Robber Barons
    December 19, 2014 | Moyers & Company
    Washington continues to reward wealthy donors and Wall Street, but what about everyday Americans? Author and historian Steve Fraser has answers.
  • Inequality
    The Widening Black-White Wealth Gap
    December 15, 2014
    | Joshua Holland
    From 2010 to 2013, the median wealth of white households increased to $141,900. Meanwhile, the median wealth of black households fell to $11,000 in 2013.
  • Web Extra: Democrats Bow Down to Wall Street
    December 12, 2014
    Watch more from Bill's conversation with John R. MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, including reaction to an obscure -- yet critical -- provision attached to the $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill.
  • The Case for Elizabeth Warren -- She's No Hillary
    December 12, 2014
    John R. MacArthur of Harper’s Magazine says he's hoping progressive candidates will run for president, despite being intimidated by the "Clinton fundraising machine."
  • At New Republic, "Black Lives Don't Matter Much at All"
    December 12, 2014
    | Michael Winship
    There was much to admire at The New Republic, Ta-Nehisi Coates writes, but not its racist legacy.


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