Essays by Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers’ broadcast commentaries have become an institution in public media. Connecting dots of history, evidence, personal experience, and logic, Moyers shares his honest take on the relevant events and controversies of our times.
 

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  • For America's Sake
    December 12, 2006
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    "America needs something more right now than a 'must-do' list from liberals and progressives. America needs a different story." Bill Moyers delivered these remarks in New York City on December 12, 2006 to the New Democracy Project.
  • America 101
    October 27, 2006
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    Bill Moyers delivered these remarks in San Diego to the Council of Great City Schools, an organization of the nation’s largest urban public school systems.
  • Bill Moyers Speech: Saving Democracy
    February 23, 2006
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    Bill Moyers' March 4, 2004 speech on the issue of money and politics.
  • Democracy, Secrecy and Ideology
    December 9, 2005
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    Bill Moyers delivered this address on December 9, 2005 for the 20th anniversary of the National Security Archive, a non-governmental research institute and library at The George Washington University. The Archive collects and publishes declassified documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act.
  • Welcome to Doomsday
    February 25, 2005
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    We are witnessing today a coupling of ideology and theology that threatens our ability to meet the growing ecological crisis. In this speech, Bill talks about religion as an instrument of political combat.
  • Inequality Matters
    June 3, 2004
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    "It is important from time to time to remember that some things are worth getting mad about." Bill Moyers delivered this speech for DEMOS at New York University.
  • Bill Moyers Essay: On H.L. Mencken and Politics
    November 22, 2002 | NOW
    Bill Moyers reflects on a new biography of the late great curmudgeon H. L. Mencken.
  • Society
    Buying Access in Public Schools, Humans' Capacity for Violence, Interview With Monica Patton
    October 18, 2002 | NOW
    This episode considers whether our schools should be helping companies sell products to our kids, and tries to understand the horror and violence that is an undeniable part of the human experience.
  • When 'Journalism Matters'
    March 30, 2000
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    Prepared remarks for the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication.
  • Bill Moyers Speech: 'The Happy Warrior'
    June 23, 1988
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    Remarks by Bill Moyers at the University of Minnesota in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of Hubert H. Humphrey's speech to the Democratic National Convention in 1948.