It's possible that a US-Iran alliance against al-Qaeda-like groups in Iraq and Syria could lead to a tectonic shift in US policy in the Middle East.

“We learned a lot," says one resident. "And because we were first, we learned first."

American voters are almost as polarized as the lawmakers who represent them.

Our banks are larger than before the 2008 crash and they're still living dangerously, economist Anat Admati tells Bill.

In this video from 1984, the actress and civil rights activist, who died today, talks about the ongoing racism that "trampled our self-esteem and numbed hope."

How did a firearm safety and training organization turn into one of America's largest and most influential lobbying groups?

Nearly 50 years after the Voting Rights Act, American Indians still don’t have equal access to the ballot box.

The president sought to selectively remember and rewrite the legacy of Roosevelt and the greatest generation right up to his last days in office.

In part two of his interview, economist Joseph E. Stiglitz says corporate tax abuse has helped make America unequal and undemocratic. But the Nobel Prize-winner has a plan to change that.

In this clip, Joseph E. Stiglitz talks about how growing up in Gary, Indiana inspired him to become an economist.