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  1. Watch Bill Moyers and Christiane Amanpour: ‘Truth is the Oxygen of Democracy’ The moon rises behind the Statue of Liberty in New York City
    6 Jun 2020 … "Democracy was dying of too many lies long before this murder," Moyers tells Amanpour. "Unless we see the truth and act on it, we are going to run out of oxygen." Continue reading
  2. ‘Yes, We Can’ Progressivism Fairfax, UNITED STATES: US Senator Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at the "Yes We Can" rally at the Johnson Hall at George Mason University 02 February 2007 in Fairfax, Virginia. Obama is expected to officially announce 10 February his intention to run in the presidential election of 2008. AFP Photo/PAUL J. RICHARDS (Photo credit should read PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images)
    2 Feb 2016 … Though it is little noted in discussions of this year’s election, Senator Bernie Sanders’s campaign has brought back the essential message of then-Senator Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” campaign of 2008. The core of that message is the word “we,” Continue reading
  3. Rip-Off: How Private-Sector Health Costs Are Killing the American Dream
    11 Nov 2013 … Why do we pay more but get poorer results than other wealthy countries? Continue reading
  4. It’s Time for a Poor People’s Movement (Left to right) A Black Lives Matter gathering in 2014 (niXerKG/Flickr cc 2.0); a Trump rally (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images); an Occupy Wall Street march in 2012 (Michael Fleshman/Flickr cc 2.0).
    11 Nov 2016 … There is a song about Black Tuesday of the Great Depression, written by Bob McDill and later performed by the band Alabama, that says: “Well somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we were so poor that we couldn’t tell.” Continue reading
  5. On the Money: A New Gilded Age
    2 Feb 2014 … Our weekly roundup of key money and politics reporting. This week: behind the scenes of a $45.2 billion telecom merger, wealthy brothers aiming big in politics and more Continue reading
  6. Bill’s Book Recommendations Bill Moyers reading his iPad on set (Credit: Dale Robbins)
    10 Oct 2012 … Earlier this week during our live chat, a viewer asked Bill for reading recommendations, and he promised to post occasionally on our website about books he is reading. Here’s the book that is currently on his nightstand. The New New Continue reading
  7. Ten Great Presidential Speeches Lincoln, LBJ, Obama composite
    12 Dec 2012 … Inspired by Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, learn about and experience ten instances of powerful presidential rhetoric on a wide range of topics. Continue reading
  8. 5 Ways the White House Can Use Its Muscle To Undercut Obamacare President Donald Trump looks at House Speaker Paul Ryan and other House members during the Rose Garden celebration after the House pushed through a health care bill, at the White House in Washington, DC on May 4, 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2017 … President Donald Trump has vowed to “let Obamacare fail” after legislative efforts to undo the Affordable Care Act have stalled. He and congressional Republicans have repeatedly portrayed the Affordable Care Act insurance marketplaces, also known as exchanges, as being in Continue reading
  9. 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
  10. 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