Marty Kaplan discusses media distractions that keep us from focusing on inequality, and Gary May puts American voting rights in historical context.

An acclaimed historian puts into perspective the 2013 Supreme Court decision gutting the Voting Rights Act, which was signed into law in 1965.

In this animated video, former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains why America's top one percent now take home nearly 20 percent of the country's total income.

Seven charts illustrate economic problems facing Milwaukee — issues of survival challenging many American cities.

Fifty years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, how much has changed for African Americans?

As The Great Gatsby movie opens, Michael Winship remembers the last, strange chapter of the Fitzgerald story.

Learn about American moms who, inspired by their children, took matters into their own hands to build a safer, healthier and more just world.

In 1967, the civil rights leader spoke of a society in which the chasm between rich and poor is tragically wide and deep. Sound familar?

Theologian James Cone and historian Taylor Branch join Bill to discuss Dr. King’s other dream: economic justice.

Theologian James Cone and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch join Bill to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of economic justice.