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Our new series looks at how campaign 2016 is playing on TV and other media.

It's a dichotomy that was well understood by a late Texas congressman who helped light the spark for the newest museum on the National Mall.

Getting money out of politics gets bipartisan support, so why not go for a mandate?

Since the founding of the United States, government at every level has tended to make unpopular behavior illegal — and that hasn't always made it stop.

For indigenous people, the fight to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline is about reviving a way of life.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ...

The candidates painted clashing visions for the economy.

The post-mortems are often more significant than the event itself. The pre-debate narrative set up Trump to win and Clinton to lose, but it didn't hold up.

She'll have more credibility if she doesn't try to convince voters they're better off than they are.

Neither candidate has "a clear appreciation of the situation facing the United States globally."