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  • Money & Politics
    Are These the Faces of Crony Capitalism?
    October 27, 2017
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    A multimillion-dollar contract to restore power in Puerto Rico went to an administration ally.
  • Economy & Work
    The 10 Biggest Vulture Firms that Own Puerto Rico's Debt
    October 18, 2017
    | Joel Cintrón Arbasetti, Carla Minet, Alex V. Hernandez and Jessica Stites
    Financial firms are still fighting to get billions out of the bankrupt island as it tries to rebuild.
  • Media
    The News Media's Challenge in Our Constant State of Emergency
    October 16, 2017
    | Todd Gitlin
    For journalists, failure to disturb is failure at your job, which is to present facts in such as way as to help citizens restore the health of the republic.
  • Activism
    Unmasking Puerto Rico's Biggest Debt Holders
    October 12, 2017
    | Sarah Jaffe
    There is a reason they are called vulture funds; it is because they prey on very downtrodden folk.
  • Democracy & Government
    Calling Foul on Donald Trump
    October 2, 2017
    | Michael Winship
    The president's attacks on football players and the mayor of San Juan are a poisonous mixture of past resentments and racial hate.
  • Vulture Capitalists Circle Above Puerto Rican Prey
    September 30, 2017
    | Bill Moyers
    As people in Puerto Rico are dying and President Trump lashes out at San Juan's mayor, Bill talks with social anthropologist Yarimar Bonilla about the challenges Puerto Ricans face in the wake of the storm.
  • Environment
    How Puerto Rico Recovered Before
    September 28, 2017
    | Kate Aronoff
    The island’s New Deal history offers an alternative to disaster capitalism.
  • Environment
    The War on Climate Change
    September 19, 2017
    | Michael Klare
    As the Trump administration shuts down anything faintly connected to global warming, only one institution isn’t now run by deniers and that’s the US military.
  • Civil Liberties
    John Oliver Is Outraged by the Millions of Americans Who Aren't Allowed to Vote
    March 11, 2015
    | Carla Murphy
    The host of Last Week Tonight explains why the citizens of the American territories like Puerto Rico and American Samoa aren't allowed to vote.
  • The Heart of Things: Adrienne Rich, Michael Harper and Victor Hernández Cruz
    July 28, 1995 | The Language of Life
    Three acclaimed poets, including Adrienne Rich, talk with Bill Moyers about the power of poetry including it's ability to tell the truth.


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