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Worst Pardon Ever? You’ll Be Surprised
12 Dec 2020 … It is customary for an outgoing President to grant 11th hour pardons, sometimes to surprising recipients. Of course, not all presidential pardons are created equal. To be sure, justice and mercy are worthy and occasional goals. But the end-of-term pardons often Continue reading
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Is This Election Inspiring a Democratic Awakening?
10 Oct 2016 … It would be wrong to ignore the psychological, social and political damage this poisonous election is causing. When the movement called Citizen Therapists Against Trumpism, an effort to awaken therapists to their public responsibilities, commissioned a study of 1,000 voting-age Continue reading
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The Perpetual War
10 Oct 2013 … In this excerpt from Scahill's book, Dirty Wars, he wonders how the global war on terror will ever end? Continue reading
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Marco Rubio’s “Anti-Poverty” Agenda Would Create Two Americas
1 Jan 2014 … The presidential hopeful unveiled his new ideas, but it turns out they're not so new after all. Continue reading
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Morning Reads: Corruption Allegations Hurt Comcast’s Feelings; Grandmother to Be Jailed for Drone Protests
8 Aug 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
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Nuns, Faith and Politics
8 Aug 2012 … On a road trip of faith and politics, American nuns spread the word: Paul Ryan's budget would hurt those already struggling to make ends meet. Continue reading
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Where Are All the Monuments to the Progressive Americans?
9 Sep 2017 … The current controversy over whether to dismantle statues of some prominent Confederate figures is a battle over whom we admire and consider as heroes. It is also a battle over who has power to shape how we view our history. Continue reading
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Suppressing the Vote
8 Aug 2012 … Bill talks with Keesha Gaskins and Michael Waldman of the Brennan Center for Justice about how voter ID laws enable voting suppression. Continue reading
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Stories From Washington’s Revolving Door
12 Dec 2012 … Take a look at some lawmakers and lobbyists who've made the switch from Capitol Hill to K Street, and vice versa, in the recent past. Continue reading
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We Cannot Wait for History to Judge. We Need the Truth About Trump and Russia Now.
1 Jan 2017 … Over the holidays, John Farrell, author of an upcoming biography of Richard Nixon, wrote an op-ed piece in The New York Times confirming what many of us have known for nearly 50 years: In the fall of 1968, Nixon, the Continue reading