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  1. Morning Reads: Dark Money’s Big Midterm; Civil Rights Groups Sell Out Net Neutrality This undated photo provided by Facebook shows the server room at the company's data center in Prineville, Ore. (AP Photo/Facebook, Alan Brandt)
    7 Jul 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  2. Corporate Triumphs, Progressive Victories and the Roadmap for a Democratic Revival
    11 Nov 2014 … Tuesday's Republican wave of election victories was more a triumph in changing the rules of democracy to favor big business and conservative interest groups, than a reflection of the American people's opinions. Continue reading
  3. PPP Loans Were Supposed to Prioritize Low-Income Areas During the Pandemic. They Don’t.
    12 Dec 2020 … Many of the largest firms that received loans got the quickest help, while the smallest ones — the type disproportionately owned by people of color and women — had to wait. Some never got anything. Continue reading
  4. The Shale Rebellion: How Appalachia Became a Battleground in the Fight Over Fracking
    12 Dec 2013 … There's no tougher ground for building an environmental-justice movement than the Appalachian counties of central Pennsylvania. Continue reading
  5. Morning Reads: The Devil in Trump’s Lack of Detail; FCC Stops Work on Data Privacy Protection President Donald Trump delivers his address to a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28, 2017. (Jim Lo Scalzo — Pool/Getty Images)
    3 Mar 2017 … A roundup of stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ... Continue reading
  6. 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
  7. It’s Worse Than You Think: How the Party of Lincoln Suppresses Black Votes President Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in the general's tent near the Antietam battlefield, October 3, 1862. (Image: Alexander Gardner)
    9 Sep 2014 … The GOP, facing demographic headwinds, is rewriting laws to maintain its viability. Continue reading
  8. Hidden Assets: The World of Tax Evasion and The Last Stop: Inside Foster Care Photo of tax return and US treasury check
    7 Jul 2002 … NOW looks into the many Americans who avoid paying their rightful share of taxes, sometimes with the help of the world's biggest banks. And a special report shows a residential treatment center as it tried to heal some of our Continue reading
  9. Environmental Activist: Progress Seen in Clean Energy, but “Climate Gap” Largely Ignored
    1 Jan 2014 … Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins says transitions to cleaner energy sources are good signs of progress, but the toll climate change takes on the poor remains virtually ignored. Continue reading
  10. How Trump Could Spend $1 Trillion to Fix America If He Knew What He Was Doing We need to give people a wide range of transportation options, says Lynn Richards of Congress for New Urbanism. (Photo by KIDKUTSMEDIA/ flickr CC 2.0)
    5 May 2017 … Infrastructure! We’ve really got your attention now, right? Here’s the thing, though: It’s what makes modern life possible. Showers, cellphones, pizza delivery, toilets — all those fail without infrastructure. Much of what we’ve got now is old, dangerous and needs Continue reading