The working poor and lower-middle class are the subject of this conversation, as Rachel L. Swarns, who writes "The Working Life," column for The New York Times, joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV and gives us a peak inside the struggles many New Yorkers face.

To discuss the evolution of journalism and the continuing need for credibility, Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV welcomes Les Payne, who over his illustrious career has been a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, a celebrated columnist, and a top editor at Newsday.

Election Spending just keeps going up and up. Ian Vandewalker, Counsel in the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice explains how the richest donors get the biggest voice in politics on this episode of Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV.

Homelessness in New York City has reached a new high. Dr. Ralph da Costa Nunez, President & CEO of the Institute for Children, Poverty & Homelessness, as well as Homes for the Homeless, joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV to layout the root causes of this issue

Journalist Brian Lehrer, host of "The Brian Lehrer Show" on WNYC radio, as well as "BrianLehrer.TV" on CUNY TV, visits "Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV" to discuss what has changed, and what has remained very much the same in New York City over the past 25 years.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV welcomes Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams who discusses the recent actions involving the NYPD and NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and the protests that have taken place through out the city regarding the deaths of unarmed black men.

Gillian Thomas, a lawyer who has specialized in employment and women’s rights issues, joins Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV to break down the landmark pregnancy discrimination case, Young v. UPS, which has made its way to the Supreme Court.

Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV welcomes Joyce Horman, chair of the Charles Horman Truth Foundation, who shares the struggles that she and her husband Charles faced as Americans in Chile during the 1973 military coup, and how her fight for justice continues.

Civil rights lawyer Norman Siegel visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV and shares his ideas on improving relations between the police and the communities they serve, in hopes that future tragedies involving police killing unarmed black men can be avoided.

Public-interest lawyer Bryan Stevenson visits Bob Herbert's Op-Ed.TV to discuss his new book "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption," which chronicles his experiences working with inmates on death row.