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  1. What We’re Reading – Jan. 15, 2013 Ingrid Michaelson accompanied by children from Newtown, Conn. and Sandy Hook Elementary school perform "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
    1 Jan 2013 … GOP Embraces Nuclear Gerrymandering: “It wasn’t so long ago, coming off a bruising presidential election, that Republicans were looking at ways to increase vote percentages among younger and minority voters to remain a contender in national elections. But it appears Continue reading
  2. Do You Know Where Your Tomatoes Come From? Farmworkers pick tomatoes at Taylor & Fulton Tomatoes in Immokalee, Fla. March 2006 (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
    7 Jul 2012 … Probably from Immokalee, Florida, where a group of immigrant farmworkers are taking on the titans of the food industry. Continue reading
  3. The Politics of Swimming in 2016 Man measuring how much skin is exposed on women swimmer's leg.
    9 Sep 2016 … When I go swimming – every day, for whatever part of an hour best suits my mood and muscles – I slip into another zone, a blue bubble of silence that restores my soul while it expands my horizons. Nothing Continue reading
  4. Morning Reads: NSA Spying Doesn’t Work; Money Makes People Selfish
    1 Jan 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ. Continue reading
  5. Morning Reads: Right-Wing Militia in Ferguson, Hillary Meets #BlackLivesMatter, Jeb on Iraq Scenes from Ferguson - Black Lives Matter protestors and Oathkeeper militia
    8 Aug 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ… Continue reading
  6. Trump and Trade An abandoned steel mill near Detroit. This factory is just shy of a mile long from end to end. (Jonathan Graeber / Flickr CC 2.0)
    5 May 2017 … If you want to understand why Donald Trump has been changing his position on trade, one place to start is pork. Continue reading
  7. Ronald Reagan, D-Day Anniversaries and the Suppression of Memory U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife, first lady Nancy Reagan, walk past the graves at Normandy American Cemetary in Normandy, France, June 6, 1984. The American president and first lady are attending the 40th anniversary of the allied invasion of 1944. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
    6 Jun 2014 … The president sought to selectively remember and rewrite the legacy of Roosevelt and the greatest generation right up to his last days in office. Continue reading
  8. Americans Embrace Pioneer Roots as Food Supply Falters Chard in a victory garden. "When I pluck my own kale leaves and feel connected to the larger urban farming community, all of us eating something out of our own yards, I’m sometimes reminded of the victory gardens of the World War II era," writes Frida Berrigan. (Photo by mercedesfromtheeighties/ flickr CC 2.0)
    6 Jun 2020 … As the COVID-19 pandemic exposes another area of vulnerability — the U.S. food supply, Americans find innovative ways to keep themselves and their communities fed. Continue reading
  9. Morning Reads: Walmart’s Worst Nightmare and Pensions for Dogs!
    11 Nov 2013 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  10. The Second American Revolution, Part Two Brown vs. Board of Education
    4 Apr 1984 … 1954 was a clarifying point of convergence in American history. Among other things, it was the year that brought the Supreme Court’s decision to outlaw racial segregation in the schools. Bill Moyers, Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee tell the story Continue reading