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  1. Angela Glover Blackwell on the American Dream
    4 Apr 2012 … Bill Moyers and Blackwell discuss how to stay optimistic in troubling times. Continue reading
  2. SOS USA
    8 Aug 2020 … Heather Cox Richardson: Natural, social and political turmoil at record levels. Continue reading
  3. Radical Politics in the Age of American Authoritarianism: Connecting the Dots
    4 Apr 2016 … The United States stands at the endpoint of a long series of attacks on democracy, and the choices faced by many in the US today point to the divide between those who are and those who are not willing to Continue reading
  4. 1 in 13 African-American Adults Prohibited From Voting in the United States voting rights felon billboard
    3 Mar 2015 … Disenfranchisement of ex-felons can have a measurable impact on election results. Continue reading
  5. Preparing for President Trump President-elect Donald Trump walks onto a balcony at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on Nov. 10, 2016. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2016 … Many Americans would not be surprised if on Jan. 20 Vladimir Putin administers the oath of office to Donald Trump, the Ku Klux Klan youth choir regales the inaugural crowd with a stirring rendition of “Dixie,” the Chamber of Commerce orchestra performs “Hail to the Continue reading
  6. Activists to Watch: Daniel Schlademan
    10 Oct 2013 … Historian Peter Dreier explains why Schlademan is a part of a new wave of grassroots activists changing America. Continue reading
  7. Why We Need a Retail Workers Bill of Rights
    8 Aug 2014 … Despite its high minimum wage, San Francisco has the second-highest rate of income inequality among major US cities. Continue reading
  8. What Donald Trump and the Republican Party Could Learn From Cleveland The skyline of downtown Cleveland is reflected on the windows of the Convention Center, where the Republican National Convention opens Monday. (Photo by Eva Hambach/AFP/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … Located in one of the most important swing counties in the country, Cleveland is a tale of two cites: one represented by an increasingly vibrant downtown and a growing knowledge economy; the other, a hollowed-out collection of neighborhoods increasingly left Continue reading
  9. The Historic Memory Ottoman Empire
    4 Apr 1991 … Bill Moyers presents the long history of the region, from the time of the pharaohs through Western colonization. The program features noted historians and scholars, who inform the viewer of some of the historical events and myths that have defined Continue reading
  10. Robert Reich: Four Big Conservative Lies About Inequality Fast food workers announce a global protest for a higher minimum wage outside a McDonald's restaurant in Manhattan on May 7, 2014. (BillMoyers.com/Neha Tara Mehta)
    5 May 2014 … The truth is, America’s lurch toward widening inequality can be reversed. But doing so will require bold political steps. Continue reading