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The most destructive influence on American democracy is the way in which we have allowed big money to buy our government and politics. With such Supreme Court decisions as Citizens United and McCutcheon, we have unleashed a tidal wave of cash – much of it anonymous and without limit – to all but drown out the voice of the people. In this collection of conversations, commentary and articles, we present the evidence of how deeply this corruption has rotted our system but also offer solutions and ways to fight back.

  • Trevor Potter on Fighting Big Money
    September 21, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    The former FEC chairman joins Bill to discuss how American elections are bought and sold, who covers the cost, and how the rest of us pay the price.
  • Shining a Light on Dark Money
    June 15, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    The Mother Jones editors talk about the conspiracy of cash that allows the rich to influence our most fundamental political freedoms.
  • Money & Politics
    Thomas Frank on Money in Politics
    June 15, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    The historian and author talks about the power of concentrated money to subvert elections.
  • David Stockman on Crony Capitalism
    March 9, 2012 | Moyers & Company
    Stockman explains how the courtship of politics and high finance rewards the super-rich and corporations.
  • Jacob Hacker & Paul Pierson on Engineered Inequality
    March 1, 2012 | Updated September 20, 2015 | Moyers & Company
    Bill Moyers explores how America's vast inequality didn't just happen, it's been politically engineered.
  • Are We in The Second Gilded Age?
    February 29, 2008
    | Joel Schwartzberg and BillMoyers.com Staff
    Bill talks with historian Nell Irvin Painter about the first Gilded Age, and why some contend the second Gilded Age is here and now.
  • Capitol Crimes
    September 29, 2006
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In this program, Bill Moyers untangles the web of relationships, secret deals and political manipulation -- including thousands of e-mails, reports and facts on the record -- to open a disturbing window on the dark side of American politics.
  • Justice for Sale
    November 23, 1999
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    In this documentary,Bill examines the impact of campaign financing on the judicial election process
  • Free Speech for Sale
    June 8, 1999
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Bill and legal advocates examine how deep-pocketed industries use their media access to overwhelm the public debate.
  • Washington's Other Scandal
    October 6, 1998 | Frontline
    Here's how both Republicans and Democrats contrived to bend and break campaign laws in the '96 election.
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