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Rethinking Higher Education in a Time of Tyranny
10 Oct 2017 … Many of the great peace activists of the 20th century, extending from Mahatma Gandhi and Paulo Freire to Jane Addams and Martin Luther King Jr., shared a passion for education as an important part of the democratic project. Refusing to Continue reading
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Morning Reads: Quiet Night in Ferguson After Cops Take Off Battle Gear; The Scientific Case Against Fracking
8 Aug 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
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Writing a Blank Check on War for the President
4 Apr 2016 … Let’s face it: in times of war, the Constitution tends to take a beating. With the safety or survival of the nation said to be at risk, the basic law of the land -- otherwise considered sacrosanct -- becomes nonbinding, Continue reading
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Republicans, Where’s the Backbone?
2 Feb 2017 … Congressional Republicans, we watched you at the White House Thursday. Just before Donald Trump’s rambling, manic, often snarky press conference — delivered more in the manner of a churlish insult comic than leader of the free world — the president Continue reading
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How the Money Primary Is Undermining Voting Rights
5 May 2015 … Fifty years ago, African-Americans were denied the right to vote. Now the vast majority of Americans are being denied the rightful value of their vote. Continue reading
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How to Cut Poverty in Half in Ten Years
11 Nov 2013 … The latest report from Half in Ten, a nonprofit started in 2007 that aims to cut the number of people living in poverty in the US in half in ten years. Find out how they're doing. Continue reading
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With Control of the Senate at Stake, Native Voters Travel a Bumpy Road to the Polling Place
11 Nov 2014 … With control of the US Senate at stake, the nation’s eyes have shifted to South Dakota — and its Native voters. Continue reading
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The Carter Years: One Man’s Perspective
11 Nov 1980 … BIll Moyers visits the White House and sits down with presidential advisor Hamilton Jordan to discuss Jimmy Carter's legacy. Continue reading
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Let the Public Read the Completed Parts of the Trans-Pacific Partnership
5 May 2015 … We the People deserve to see the agreement before Congress essentially preapproves it by voting on fast track. Continue reading
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Your Turn: The Spectacle of the Republican National Convention
7 Jul 2016 … Thousands of people wrote to us this week on our Facebook page about the "political theater" that was the 2016 Republican National Convention. The tone overall was a mixture of shame, despair and outright fear for what would become of Continue reading