Our economy is a plantation run for the aristocrats - the CEOs, hedge funds, private equity firms - while the field hands are left with the scraps.

I believe democracy requires a 'sacred contract' between journalists and those who put their trust in us to tell them what we can about how the world really works.

A producer is a saboteur who tries to infiltrate the passivity of viewers and to create impressions that are lasting.

The quality of democracy and the quality of journalism are deeply entwined.

The massive upward distribution of wealth engineered by our political class over the last few decades has solidified the plutocratic control of the rule-making machinery in Washington and state capitals.

Barack Obama treated too lightly the people and forces determined to destroy him. They spat in his face and didn't even get ticketed for a misdemeanor.

The fault line in American history is now a dividing line in the election and it's changing the conversation.