August 18, 2022
Bill Moyers talks with Dr. Bandy Lee about the contagion of Trumpism and how to heal the body politic.
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April 20, 2021(Recorded at Carnegie Hall on June 19, 2019) Juneteenth marks the day in 1895 when slaves in Texas learned they were free. Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation two and a half years earlier, but many states ignored it, … Continue reading
April 7, 2021It feels like the banking under the Republican Party from the Trump years is starting to erode. Continue reading
March 30, 2021Over the past weeks the US has seen a growing number of attacks on Asian-Americans. Those who perpetrate them should learn a little about history and a lot about our democracy. Continue reading
March 30, 2021Derek Chauvin’s trial for the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, has begun.
March 29, 2021Today, Republicans talk about “election integrity,” but their end game is the same as that of the former Confederates after the war: to keep Black and Brown Americans away from the polls to make sure the government does not spend tax dollars on public services. Continue reading
March 29, 2021No bang, no whimper, no victory. Continue reading
March 29, 2021The US has slipped 11 points in a decade – below Argentina and Mongolia – according the latest report by a democracy watchdog. Continue reading
March 27, 2021Georgia's new voter suppression law has deep roots.
March 26, 2021This is the only story from today because it is the only story historians will note from this era: Did Americans defend their democracy or did they fall to oligarchy?
