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  1. Chris Hedges on Reporting on War — And Paying For It Chris Hedges
    3 Mar 2003 … Foreign correspondent Chris Hedges on the human toll of war, and Libertarian conservative Lew Rockwell on war's long-term economic effects. Continue reading
  2. Five Facts You Should Know About the Hyde Amendment Henry Hyde
    1 Jan 2013 … Learn key points about the law that prevents federal programs from funding abortion. Continue reading
  3. Keeping Big Box Stores in Check
    7 Jul 2013 … Learn why large chain stores like Walmart and Target might slow local economic growth, and what some communities are doing to ensure fair play. Continue reading
  4. The Larger Story Is Not Over
    12 Dec 2020 … The Republican Party has become a dangerous faction trying to destroy American democracy. But Republicans who still value democracy and their traditional values of equality before the law and equal access to resources could repudiate the radicals who have taken Continue reading
  5. Record Number of Americans Can’t Afford Their Rent
    12 Dec 2013 … A new report finds that half of all renters pay more rent than they can afford -- defined as 30 percent of their income or more. Continue reading
  6. Criminalizing Dissent and Harvesting Votes in California’s Central Valley Brenna Bell, center, with the Miami Activist Defense, is arrested by Miami-Dade Police officers after she and others refused to disperse in front of the Miami-Dade County Jail Friday, Nov. 21, 2003 in Miami. More than 30 people were arrested after demanding the release of demonstrators that had been arrested during Thursdays skirmishes between hundreds of anti-globalization activists and police. Protesters say the proposed free trade zone will siphon thousands of jobs to other countries, reduce workers' rights by exploiting cheap labor and harm the environment. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
    2 Feb 2004 … In an increasingly security-conscious America, is the government taking aim at our civil liberties? And unlikely allies in the fight to protect a California community. Continue reading
  7. Morning Reads: Trump Plans to Slash EPA, State Department Budgets; Pruitt Used a Private Email Account for Government Business President Donald Trump discusses the federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 22, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)
    2 Feb 2017 … A roundup of stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ... Continue reading
  8. Capitalism’s ‘Sacrifice Zones’
    7 Jul 2012 … Bill and journalist Chris Hedges talk about parts of America "that have been destroyed for quarterly profit." Continue reading
  9. How Puerto Rico Recovered Before Residents wade through flood waters at their home days after Hurricane Maria made landfall, on Sept. 22, 2017 in Loiza, Puerto Rico. Many on the island have lost power, running water and cell phone service after Hurricane Maria, a category 4 hurricane, passed through. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … In the aftermath of the Great Depression, Puerto Rico was rebuilding in more ways than one. Aside from dealing with the impacts of a global financial crisis, the island had recently been battered by two massive storms: San Felipe II Continue reading
  10. What Pope Francis Would Say to Obama: Let Workers Unionize
    9 Sep 2014 … One way Obama can address the issue of income inequality is by giving low-wage federal workers the right to organize and bargain for fair working conditions. Continue reading