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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. Living Outside Tribal Lines
    4 Apr 2013 … A hard look at the state of American economic inequality, and writer Sherman Alexie on living in two different cultures at the same time. Continue reading
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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