Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander on Injustice
On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel. What would he think of our country today and where would he focus his fight against inequality and...
View ArticleMoyers Moment (1982): Maya Angelou on The Black Side of the Tracks
In this “Moyers Moment” from the 1982 series Creativity, the esteemed poet Maya Angelou travels with Bill Moyers to her childhood town of Stamps, Arkansas, where she experienced the brutality of racial...
View ArticleAngela Glover Blackwell on the American Dream
Angela Glover Blackwell has spent her adult life advocating practical ways to fulfill America’s promise of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” for all. Now, with our middle class struggling,...
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The Changing Face of America
The 2010 U.S. Census revealed that Hispanics were the fastest growing segments of the population in the last decade, exceeding projections in most states and achieving a new milestone: one in six...
View ArticleBill Moyers Essay: Thomas Jefferson’s Betrayal
In this video essay, Bill reflects on the origins and lessons of Independence Day. We should remember, he says, that behind this Fourth of July holiday are human beings, like Thomas Jefferson, who were...
View ArticleKhalil Muhammad on Facing Our Racial Past
Bill and Khalil Gibran Muhammad, head of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and author of The Condemnation of Blackness, discuss the importance of confronting...
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Bryan Stevenson on the True Costs of Mass Incarceration
One of the Supreme Court rulings you may have missed in the din of its Affordable Care Act decision considered the constitutionality of mandatory sentencing to life in prison without parole for minors....
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The Poor Have to Help the Poor in Camden
This article was originally published on TruthDig. Illustration by Joe SaccoI park my car in the lot in front of the rectory of Sacred Heart in Camden, N.J., and walk through a gray drizzle to Emerald...
View ArticleLuis Alberto Urrea’s Border-Crossing Journeys
Luis Alberto Urrea’s life is the stuff of great novels. Son of a Mexican father and Anglo mother, Urrea grew up first in Tijuana and then just across the border in San Diego. Over the years he has...
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The Growing Latino Vote
A new report released yesterday by the Pew Hispanic Center shows that since 2008, America’s Latino voting population has grown by 4 million, or 22 percent, to 23.7 million. Latinos now make up 11...
View ArticleJorge Ramos and María Elena Salinas on the Rise of Hispanic America
According to the 2010 census, the number of American Hispanics grew 43% in the last decade to over 50 million. By 2050, Hispanics are projected to number 132 million and represent 30% of the...
View ArticleWatch Salinas and Ramos Interview the Candidates
In response to the Commission on Presidential Debates’ decision not to include any Hispanic or African-American moderators in the debates this year, Univision co-anchors Jorge Ramos and María Elena...
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What Drives Latino Voters?
More Latinos are expected to go to the polls this year than ever before, and their vote could be decisive in the presidential election. We reached out to Sylvia Manzano of Latino Decisions, a leading...
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The Latino Electorate in Nine Charts
According to the 2010 census, the number of American Latinos grew 43% in the last decade to over 50 million. By 2050, Latinos are projected to number 132 million and represent 30% of the population. As...
View ArticleWill the Supreme Court Reaffirm Affirmative Action?
Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas, which challenges the constitutionality of race-based affirmative action. In 2003, the court decided that race could...
View ArticleMartin Luther King’s Multiracial Fight for Justice
Martin Luther King, Jr., who died 45 years ago this week, had long known that racial equality was inextricably linked to economic equity – fairness for all, including working people and the poor. In...
View ArticlePreview: MLK’s Dream of Economic Justice
Martin Luther King, Jr., who died 45 years ago this month, had long known that racial equality was inextricably linked to economic equity — fairness for all, including working people and the poor. In...
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Two Americas, Then and Now
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. makes his last public appearance at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tenn., on April 3, 1968. The following day King was assassinated on his motel balcony. (AP Photo/Charles...
View ArticleJames Cone and Taylor Branch on MLK’s Fight for Economic Equality
Theologian James Cone and Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Taylor Branch join Bill to discuss Dr. Martin Luther King’s vision of economic justice, and how so little has changed for America’s most...
View ArticleFull Show: MLK’s Dream of Economic Justice
Martin Luther King, Jr., who died 45 years ago this month, had long known that racial equality was inextricably linked to economic equity — fairness for all, including working people and the poor. In...
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