This week on Moyers & Company, scholar Henry Giroux connects the dots between our politics and "casino capitalism," Bill previews a new documentary and a tribute to writer Doris Lessing.

Scholar Henry Giroux says America's current political system is leading to a culture where people are so focused on surviving, they become like "the walking dead."

Bill reflects on his 2003 interview with Nobel-prize winning novelist Doris Lessing, who passed away earlier this week in London.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ...

A landmark ruling by the National Labor Relations Board says Wal-Mart unlawfully harassed and fired employees for protesting.

The decision to change the filibuster rules, "restores an important principle of our democracy," says union leader Larry Cohen, who spoke about the filibuster crisis earlier this year.

Some 400 fossil fuel divestment campaigns are currently underway at American colleges and universities.

Mark Garland is the ex-president of a public university in Ohio. He shares his second thoughts on some of the decisions he made at Miami University.

The biggest problem with Obamacare's rollout is being caused by conservative lawmakers refusing passage of Medicaid expansion in 25 states.

Turner Classic Movies airs four classic vérité documentary films tonight about JFK that are worth watching.