PBS: Bill Moyers Journal, June 13, 2008

LOS ANGELES LABOR

Bill Moyers Journal analyzes the growing inequality gap on the ground in Los Angeles where recently union workers marched to bring attention to how they are getting squeezed out of the shrinking middle class. Follow the march with our virtual map.



GILDED AGE REDUX? HISTORIAN STEVE FRASER

Steve Fraser, historian and author of WALL STREET: AMERICA'S DREAM PALACE, discusses the modern parallels and differences to the first Gilded Age, the big disparity between the rich and poor, and the increasing strain on working Americans.

HOLLY SKLAR ON WAGES AND WORK

Holly Sklar, co-author of RAISE THE FLOOR: WAGES AND POLICIES THAT WORK FOR ALL OF US, discusses what current economic conditions say about the state of the American dream.

>>LOBBYING AND CAMPAIGN FINANCE RESOURCES

Senator Bernie Sanders, "The Collapse of the Middle Class"

Senator Sanders' office received over 600 responses from all across the state, as well as some from other states. This small booklet contains a few of those letters.

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