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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. How Did Democrats Become the Party of Elites? Donkey (Photo by Georgia Democrats/ flickr CC 2.0)
    7 Jul 2017 … What's most toxic in American politics today — as it has been throughout our history — is to become the party associated with domineering overlords and supercilious elites who seem to enjoy wielding power over the rest of us. Continue reading
  5. Unsanitized: No Double Dip Recession for the Millions in Depression
    11 Nov 2020 … The pandemic has supercharged inequality. Millions of people suffering aren’t just getting the cold shoulder from Congress; they’re about to get dumped off the “COVID cliff” — a number of relief policies that expire at the end of December. Continue reading
  6. The Ghosts of ’68 Haunt the Election of 2016 A campaign button supporting the presidential candidacy of Alabama Governor George Wallace. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
    5 May 2016 … One of the curiosities of that manic ‘68 campaign season was a slim volume written by Russell Baker, former New York Times columnist and veteran White House and congressional reporter. First serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, it was published Continue reading
  7. Fast Food Giants Use Loopholes to Avoid Taxes on CEO Pay
    12 Dec 2013 … Thanks to a loophole that subsidizes CEO pay, huge fast food chains trimmed millions from their tax bills in 2011 and 2012. Guess who foots the bill? Continue reading
  8. Carlos Fuentes: A Conversation With the Great Novelist Carlos Fuentes
    9 Sep 1988 … The Mexican writer has created a role for himself as interpreter of North and South America, explaining each to the other. Continue reading
  9. The Other NRA
    8 Aug 2013 … How the insidiously powerful restaurant lobby has fought mandatory earned sick leave policies and managed to keep the minimum wage for restaurant workers the same for over 20 years. Continue reading
  10. Questlove: We Need Musicians to Step Up and Be a “Voice of the Times We Live In”
    12 Dec 2014 … Who are the new Dylans, Public Enemys, Simones and De La Rochas of 2014? If you're a fan of Sly and the Family Stone or Marvin Gaye, you'll want to listen to D'Angelo's new album, Black Messiah. Continue reading