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  1. Morning Reads: President Goes After FBI’s Comey; Racial Violence in Mississippi, Iowa Barack Obama and Versha Sharma in a NowThis News interview. The president discussed the recent FBI disclosure that it was looking at emails found on former Rep. Anthony Weiner's computer that may be relevant to Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state.
    11 Nov 2016 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ... Continue reading
  2. After Outcry, White House Extends $10.10 Minimum Wage to Some Disabled Workers President Barack Obama greets an employee in the bakery at a Costco store in Lanham, Md. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, where he spoke about raising the minimum wage the morning after his State of the Union address. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    2 Feb 2014 … President Obama is set to sign an executive order raising contractors’ wages today. Continue reading
  3. Standing Up to Disaster Capitalism in Detroit Rachel Fentin, left, 23, of Detroit, holds a sign denouncing water shutoffs as members of The People’s Water Board Coalition protest Detroit’s cutting off the water supply to some residents, in Detroit on Friday, July 18, 2014.
    7 Jul 2014 … As Detroit draws international criticism for shutting off water for low-income families, activists ask why people are being forced to pay while the Wall Street banks live large. Continue reading
  4. Let’s Be Brazil
    6 Jun 2013 … This post first appeared in The Jewish Journal.  I have outrage envy. For nearly two weeks, more than a million citizens across Brazil have taken to the streets to protest political corruption, economic injustice, poor health care, inadequate schools, lousy Continue reading
  5. Is a New Political System Emerging in This Country? American flag
    3 Mar 2015 … Based on developments in our post-9/11 world, we could be watching the birth of a new American political system and way of governing for which, as yet, we have no name. Continue reading
  6. Bernie Sanders’ Revealing Exchange With Trump’s Health Care Appointee Tom Price
    1 Jan 2017 … It has been argued with some validity that budgets are moral documents, as the priorities they outline reveal the values of the political figures who draft, debate and enact them. And if this is the case then, surely, presidential cabinets Continue reading
  7. Do Politicians Read the Emails You Send Them?
    12 Dec 2012 … Since the advent of the Internet the number of messages sent to politicians has increased dramatically, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the messages are being heard. Continue reading
  8. What Economic Sleuths Can Tell Us About Our Corrupt Politics
    8 Aug 2013 … Forensic economists devise ingenious ways of sniffing out corruption -- both the kinds that land people in jail and the kinds that help land others in Congress. Continue reading
  9. Need a Lawyer? Sell Everything
    12 Dec 2014 … The test of whether a person can afford a lawyer is often so extreme that even the most indigent of defendants may be deemed unworthy of counsel. Continue reading
  10. Justice For Sale (Update) A gavel replica and law books are shown in the office of California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George at his office in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
    2 Feb 2010 … Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE special Justice for Sale which looked at the growing concern — even among Supreme Court justices Continue reading