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Playing to the Base
10 Oct 2020 … Trump and members of his administration are pretending the coronavirus pandemic is ending. Continue reading
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Dangerous Deep Freeze in Texas
2 Feb 2021 … With climate change expected to intensify extremes of weather, the crisis in Texas indicates that our infrastructure will need to be reinforced to meet conditions it was not designed for. Continue reading
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Hot Seats
10 Oct 2020 … October 6, 2020 In the past three years, it has so often felt like things were reaching the breaking point. But the image of Trump on the balcony of the White House last night, defiantly taking off his mask as Continue reading
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The View from Main Street, Class in America, and Religion’s Role in the Election
10 Oct 2004 … NOW considers the realities of the 2004 jobs recovery, which some say was meaningless because of lower wages, and looks at how religion is employed by the campaigns as the election closes in. Continue reading
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The Four Major Third-Party Candidates on What’s Missing From the National Dialogue
10 Oct 2004 … We hear from four candidates excluded from presidential debates: Ralph Nader (Reform Party), Michael Peroutka (Constitution Party), David Cobb (Green Party), and Michael Badnarik (Libertarian Party). Continue reading
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Unsanitized: The Tax Time Bomb That Congress Can Defuse
12 Dec 2020 … There’s a difference between the two types of relief: stimulus checks are not taxed, but unemployment benefits are. Continue reading
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Who Said What
9 Sep 2020 … At a “town hall” in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, the president faced ordinary Americans, who asked basic questions about health care, mask wearing, and so on, and received the litany and lies. The White House has been doing damage control Continue reading
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This Week’s ‘Moyers & Company’ Must-Clicks
2 Feb 2012 … How does pop culture not only reflect, but influence political culture? On this weekend’s Moyers & Company, historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins Bill to discuss how representations of heroism in movies shape our expectations of political candidates. Also Continue reading
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Going it Alone? World Reaction to the State of the Union Address
1 Jan 2003 … How the US government convinces Americans – and other governments – that war is necessary, and considers a global warming bill in California. Continue reading
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How the Media Gave Carly Fiorina a Free Pass to Lie About Planned Parenthood
9 Sep 2015 … In the world according to Fox News, the debate champion is the candidate whose lies are considered to be the most effective. But Roger Ailes always wins. Continue reading