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  1. The Power of the Vote: How Changing Demographics Can Shape America’s Future for the Better Martin Higgins of Los Angeles is one of hundreds of voters casting general election ballots a week early at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder's office in Norwalk, Calif., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. California isn't considered a swing state and polls show Democratic candidate Barack Obama holds a hefty lead over Republican rival John McCain. Even so, election officials say voter registration soared in California before last week's deadline for the Nov. 4 election. In battleground states such as Ohio and Florida, voters have lined up for hours to cast their ballots early. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
    3 Mar 2015 … The future of this nation will depend on all Americans having, and using, their fair say at the ballot. Continue reading
  2. The Left Must Derail Hillary Clinton in the Primaries
    12 Dec 2014 … A straightforward strategy for reversing the rightward trend of both parties. Continue reading
  3. Morning Reads: Louis CK Is not a Tea Partier; Americans’ Unusual Climate Denialism Actor and comedian Louis C.K. attends the 'American Hustle' screening at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York, NY, on December 8, 2013. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA) (Sipa via AP Images)
    5 May 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  4. Outrage Over Obamacare Is Nothing Compared With FDR’s New Deal President Franklin D. Roosevelt shown at the White House, in Washington with an imposing battery of microphones lined up in front of him as he broadcast to the nation. January 1935. (AP Photo)
    4 Apr 2014 … "There are parallels to today, when we see the same kind of hue and cry, and fear that America is turning socialist." Continue reading
  5. Is Capitalism Failing Us? Protesters from the Occupy anti-capitalist movement release a banner reading ' Hey WEF! Where are the other 6.9999 billion leaders?' January 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)
    1 Jan 2012 … Is 20th-century capitalism failing 21st-century society? It’s a question economic elites debated this week in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland while attending the annual World Economic Forum. According to Time Magazine, the #1 theme at the conference is that capitalism needs an overhaul. Continue reading
  6. Public Education: Who Are the Corporate Reformers? Bill Gates, Michael Bloomberg
    3 Mar 2014 … In an excerpt from her book Reign of Error, Diane Ravitch reveals the individuals and corporations behind education reform movement. Continue reading
  7. A Trail of Tears: How Wounded Vets Return From America’s Wars
    11 Nov 2013 … Many Americans who go off to fight return irreparably damaged. Continue reading
  8. The New Populists Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pauses while questioning a witness at Senate Banking Committee hearing. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
    10 Oct 2013 … Can Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown revive bank reform in the Senate? Continue reading
  9. Frank Luntz on Political Tactics. ‘A Sweet Deal: Congressional Pay.’ Philosopher Sissela Bok on Happiness. Sissela Bok (Photo: mediaethicsmorning.wordpress.com)
    7 Jul 2004 … A conversation about political polling and crafted language in politics; a look at how Congress takes care of themselves, compared to the rest of the country; and what does it mean to be happy? Continue reading
  10. Joseph Campbell Myths To Live By (Part Two)
    4 Apr 1981 … Part two of Bill Moyers' interview with Joseph Campbell in which they explore the enduring power of the universal myths. Continue reading