Turning Toward the Bad Old Days?

Stewart Acuff says that the Tea Party has taken a turn toward “the bad old days.” Paul Ryan recently blamed persistent poverty on "tailspin of culture, in our inner cities in particular, of men not working and just generations of men not even thinking about working or learning to value the culture of work."

“Why We Haven't Had A National Conversation About The Gender Wage Gap?” Michelle Leung from Media Matters writes.

Laura Reyes, AFSCME Secretary-Treasurer, joins us to talk about the importance of home care workers in an aging society and income inequality.

Frank Emspak from Workers Independent News has some theories on why moderates seem like less attractive candidates.