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  1. Trickle-Down Election Economics: How Big Money Can Affect Small Races After unsuccessfully challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo the 2014 Democratic primary, Zephyr Teachout is the Democratic party nominee for a seat on Congress. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
    8 Aug 2016 … At a press event in Kingston, New York, a Hudson Valley community about 90 miles north of Manhattan, the local Democratic congressional candidate, Zephyr Teachout, earlier this month called for a debate. But not with her Republican opponent, John Faso. Continue reading
  2. The new Obama Administration: David Sirota, Thomas Frank, Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Patricia Williams Weigh in Barack Obama holds his right hand in the air as he and Michelle Obama both smile towards a balding man whose back is to the camera while a large crowd watches.
    1 Jan 2009 … Bill Moyers and guests discuss Barack Obama taking office and what this political milestone means for the future. Continue reading
  3. With God on Their Side: Evangelicals in America
    4 Apr 2017 … Evangelicals are a potent force in American political life — they make up nearly a quarter of the population, and in the recent election, 81 percent of white, born-again evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. According to recent surveys, that support Continue reading
  4. ‘My Dad Still Supports My Daughter and Me Because My KFC Job Doesn’t Pay Enough’ Frankie Tisdale is a fast-food worker at KFC, Brooklyn. He has joined protests for a higher minimum wage. (Moyers & Company/Neha Tara Mehta)
    6 Jun 2014 … Frankie Tisdale makes less than $10 per hour working at a KFC in Brooklyn. Last month, he joined global protests for a higher minimum wage. A photo-feature. Continue reading
  5. David Sirota’s Word of the Week: Looting We’re missing billions in taxes each year. That’s partly why our roads and transit systems are falling apart. (Mural by graffiti artist Alec Monopoly / Photo by aisletwentytwo | Flickr CC 2.0)
    5 May 2020 … We don’t call this “looting” because it is being done quietly in nice marbled office buildings in Washington and New York. We don’t call this “looting” because the looters wear designer suits and are very polite as they eagerly steal Continue reading
  6. After Living in Norway, America Feels Backward. Here’s Why.
    1 Jan 2016 … Some years ago, I faced up to the futility of reporting true things about America’s disastrous wars and so I left Afghanistan for another remote mountainous country far away. It was the polar opposite of Afghanistan: a peaceful, prosperous land Continue reading
  7. Public Housing Can Be Good for Kids. But There Isn’t Enough of It. Children ride their scooters in Woodland Terrace, a public housing complex in Southeast Washington on Aug. 3, 2015. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
    11 Nov 2016 … A new report finds that stability in a child's living situation makes a difference in how they do in school and in their emotional development. Continue reading
  8. Morning Reads: Pope Francis May Ease Divorce Rules; Judge Deals Blow to Keystone In this photo provided Thursday, Aug. 29, 2013 by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis has his picture taken inside St. Peter's Basilica with youths from the Italian Diocese of Piacenza and Bobbio who came to Rome for a pilgrimage, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013.
    2 Feb 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ. Continue reading
  9. Corruption Is as Bad in the US as in Developing Countries
    11 Nov 2015 … Living in America sometimes resembles taking part in a Ponzi scheme, and its likely to get worse before it gets better. Continue reading
  10. Filmmaker David Puttnam (Part One) Sir Richard Attenborough, David Puttnam and Bob Geldof at the BAFTA Film Awards in London, 1988 (Rex Features via AP Images)
    9 Sep 1988 … A conversation with the filmmaker behind The Killing Fields, The Mission and Chariots of Fire explains how he sees American movies as the reflection of a nation at odds with itself. Continue reading