Close to 3,000 people weighed in on the Bill Moyers Facebook page with comments on President Obama's speech last night. Here's what they had to say.

Time off isn’t just a moral necessity; it’s also smart economic policy.

Watch clips from part three of the astrophysicist's interview with Bill, in which he talks about American students' poor performance on international science tests.

For the first time, working-age Americans make up a majority of food stamp recipients.

Hedge funds and investment banks are snapping up tons of properties on the cheap.

After a call from the White House, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson traveled to China, Russia and Brussels to learn more about their aerospace industries. Here's what angered him about his findings.

We need to reward enterprises that practice fair pay and stop rewarding those who are making our societies ever more unequal.

In the conclusion of Bill's conversation with Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist talks about why science literacy is critical to the future of our democracy, economy and standing in the world.

Indirectly, the federal government is the largest low-wage employer.

In an excerpt from his book Space Chronicles, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains why slashing NASA funding is akin to cutting the career dreams of America's youth.