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  1. The Spectacle of Illiteracy and the Crisis of Democracy
    11 Nov 2013 … This is an excerpt from Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism, by Henry Giroux. C. Wright Mills argued 50 years ago that one important measure of the demise of vibrant democracy and the corresponding impoverishment of Continue reading
  2. Anxious in the Trump Era? You’re Not Alone President Donald Trump stands outside the West Wing of the White House as Klaus Iohannis, Romania's president, not pictured, arrives on Friday, June 9, 2017. (Photo by Pete Marovich/Bloomberg via Getty Images
    9 Sep 2017 … It’s no surprise that our office phone at the Center for Anxiety has been ringing off the hook since January 2017. From immigration and health care concerns to white supremacy — and let’s not forget the threat of nuclear war Continue reading
  3. The Get-Off-My-Lawn Party Meets in Cleveland Delegates from Washington State dance during the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 19, 2016. (Photo by Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … Oh dear. Watching C-SPAN and waiting for Tuesday’s roll call confirming Donald Trump’s nomination to begin, the house band there in the hall, led by GE Smith, formerly of Saturday Night Live, played covers of The Temptations’ “I Can’t Get Continue reading
  4. This Small Town’s History Shows Why the TPP Could Be a Disaster for US Workers Galesburg residents saw their jobs disappear after the passage of NAFTA. The Trans-Pacific Partnership won't be any different. (tfooq / Flickr)
    6 Jun 2015 … Galesburg, IL residents saw their jobs disappear after the passage of NAFTA. The Trans-Pacific Partnership won't be any different Continue reading
  5. Trump’s Proposed Military Buildup: Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight Afghanistan war veteran and conscientious objector Rory Fanning speaks in Japan on a Veterans for Peace trip in 2016. (Photo by Yoshiaki Kawakami)
    3 Mar 2017 … Sarah Jaffe speaks with Afghanistan war veteran and conscientious objector Rory Fanning about Trump's "alarming" plans for the military, the roles that veterans and athletes can play in movements for change and the long tradition of imperialism in the US. Continue reading
  6. An Interview With Bill Moyers Bill Moyers at Public Affairs Television
    5 May 2014 … Bill Moyers speaks about his life, his career, LBJ and his views about contemporary journalism and politics. Continue reading
  7. Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School ‘Reform’ In LA?
    3 Mar 2013 … The Waltons have given more than $1 billion to organizations and candidates who support school privatization. Continue reading
  8. Morning Reads: US Bombs Syria as Chaos Reigns Across Mideast Flickr/ tavopp
    9 Sep 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  9. Paul Ryan’s Seven Terrible Ideas WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) approaches the podium to deliver a speech at the Library of Congress, December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ryan spoke about important challenges facing the country and the principles by which Americans should address them. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2015 … Yesterday, the new Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, summed up his House Republican agenda – vowing to pursue legislation that would frame a stark choice for voters in 2016. “Our No. 1 goal for the next year is to put together Continue reading
  10. E.L. Doctorow on the Role of Writers in Society Panel member, author E.L. Doctorow, speaks at the Pen Congress at the St. Moritz Hotel in New York, Jan. 13, 1986. (AP Photo/Joel Landau)
    10 Oct 1988 … Author E.L. Doctorow discusses how the best writers are a nuisance to society, always preferring the uncomfortable truth to the comfortable lie. Continue reading