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Why Hasn’t ‘Big Data’ Saved Democracy?
10 Oct 2014 … Micah Sifry’s new book offers some answers, but misses important shifts in the power base of traditional progressive organizing. Continue reading
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Morning Reads: The NRA’s Convention of Fear; Partisan Attacks Hurt ACA Enrollments
4 Apr 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
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Recommended Reading: Author James Zirin on Roy Cohn, Robert Reich on Senator Richard Burr, George Monbiot on Climate
4 Apr 2020 … From the tale of Trump's love of lawsuits learned from Roy Cohn to a reminder that our planet has many more problems than Covid-19 —this week's recommended reading. Continue reading
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Why I Used to Believe That Voter ID Laws Were Just Common Sense
10 Oct 2012 … Jeremiah Goulka, a Republican-turned-Democrat, explains both perspectives on the controversial new voter ID laws. Continue reading
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The Second American Revolution, Part Two
4 Apr 1984 … 1954 was a clarifying point of convergence in American history. Among other things, it was the year that brought the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw racial segregation in the schools. Bill Moyers, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee tell the story Continue reading
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FEC Campaign Funding Report: Winners & Losers
2 Feb 2012 … When it comes to the latest campaign funding reports, The Washington Post’s blog The Fix has declared President Obama, Ron Paul and Sheldon Adelson winners, and Mitt Romney, his Restore Our Future super PAC, Jon Huntsman’s staff, Newt Gingrich and Continue reading
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The Best Journalism of 2020: Covering the Pandemic
12 Dec 2020 … Throughout this year, we’ve relied on journalism to make sense of it all—especially as the virus’s spread frequently outpaced our abilities to comprehend and respond to it. Continue reading
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Obama and Romney Reveal Early Campaign Strategies
4 Apr 2012 … Speeches by the President and the likely Republican nominee signal the main race's start, but will Paul Ryan also take center stage? Continue reading
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Politicians Won’t Return Ponzi Payoffs
3 Mar 2012 … On Tuesday, Texas financier Robert Allen Stanford was convicted in a Houston federal court on 13 out of 14 criminal counts of fraud. As The New York Times reported: The jury decision followed a six-week trial and came three years Continue reading
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What Did He Know and When Did He Know It?
2 Feb 2021 … The House impeachment managers had put together a damning presentation over the past two days, leaving Trump’s lawyers with the goal simply of providing enough cover for Republican senators to vote to acquit. Continue reading