The artistic director of NYC's Public Theater notes that some Shakespeare plays become particularly popular when they reflect the America we live in.

An essay by former Moyers guest Norm Ornstein looks at the history of radical movements within parties — and finds today's tea party to be unprecedentedly successful.

It's a moral imperative that we get past the sanitized versions of the two Iraq wars and grapple with the true consequences of our militarism.

The first woman on the Supreme Court cast the deciding vote in reaffirming Roe v. Wade in 1992, but things could have turned out differently.

The Immigration Act of 1907 declared that unaccompanied children under 16 were not permitted to enter America in the normal fashion. But it didn’t send them packing, either.

With new state laws and Supreme Court rulings, the battle over women’s reproductive rights is being fought more fiercely than ever. Roe v. Wade itself may be in peril. Planned Parenthood's Cecile Richards joins Bill this week.

Before the rise of the religious right in the late 1970s, Southern Baptists believed that "religious liberty, human equality and justice" were advanced by Roe v. Wade.

By many measures, the US may be the wealthiest, most powerful nation, but its ability to accomplish anything has shrunk drastically.

Following several controversial decisions, Bill speaks to NY Times columnist Linda Greenhouse and Slate's Dahlia Lithwick about the agenda of the Roberts court.

After the broadcast interview ended, our cameras kept rolling. See more of Bill’s conversation with Linda Greenhouse and Dahlia Lithwick.