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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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