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  1. Lessons From Vietnam on Inauguration Day Motorbike drivers covered up with face masks try to get through the morning peak hour traffic at Nga Tu So intersection on Nov. 4, 2016 in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo by Linh Pham/Getty Images)
    1 Jan 2017 … The first thing I learned when I got to Vietnam last week was how to cross the street. “Don’t rush!” advised our guide. “Just even your pace and walk slowly. Don’t make any sudden lurches forward, backward or stop. The Continue reading
  2. Cause for Hope: Sister Simone Campbell on the Pope Francis-Obama Meeting Obama and Pope Francis
    4 Apr 2014 … The “Nuns on the Bus” leader reflects on the significance of the recent meeting of the pontiff and the president at the Vatican. Continue reading
  3. Inequality Is Probably Costing You a Lot of Money Families search through shoes donated by Crocs at a distribution site for Feed The Children on May 9, 2009 in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Six tractor-trailers filled with food, personal care items and shoes were distributed to area families in need by the organization. Feed The Children is an international, relief organization that used truck caravans to help communities in the US that were hard hit by the current economic crisis. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … When political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson released Winner-Take-All Politics in March 2011, it made headlines. The book’s vivid descriptions of how moneyed interests had come to dominate the Washington political scene captured media attention and helped shape conversations Continue reading
  4. What Economic Sleuths Can Tell Us About Our Corrupt Politics
    8 Aug 2013 … Forensic economists devise ingenious ways of sniffing out corruption -- both the kinds that land people in jail and the kinds that help land others in Congress. Continue reading
  5. Need a Lawyer? Sell Everything
    12 Dec 2014 … The test of whether a person can afford a lawyer is often so extreme that even the most indigent of defendants may be deemed unworthy of counsel. Continue reading
  6. Justice For Sale (Update) A gavel replica and law books are shown in the office of California Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald George at his office in San Francisco, Wednesday, July 14, 2010. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
    2 Feb 2010 … Bill Moyers Journal takes a hard look at how campaign cash in judicial races may sway America's courts. The Journal revisits the 1999 FRONTLINE special Justice for Sale which looked at the growing concern — even among Supreme Court justices Continue reading
  7. The Right-Wing Machine Behind The Curtain Former Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), president of the Heritage Foundation, delivers opening remarks during the Heritage Action for America's second annual Conservative Policy Summit at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Jan. 12, 2015. (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
    4 Apr 2017 … The mood was jubilant two days after the November 2016 election at a Washington, DC, panel co-hosted by two powerhouse conservative think tanks — the American Enterprise Institute and the Heritage Foundation. Continue reading
  8. Morning Reads: CIA’s Damaging Secrecy; Darrell Issa Torpedoes GOP’s Benghazi Spin A view near the entrance to the McLean, Va., headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency is seen Friday Oct. 26, 2001. (AP Photo/Stephen J. Boitano)
    5 May 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  9. Dr. King’s ‘Two Americas’ Truer Now than Ever
    4 Apr 2013 … In 1967, the civil rights leader spoke of a society in which the chasm between rich and poor is tragically wide and deep. Sound familiar? Continue reading
  10. No, the Coronavirus is not an “Equalizer”
    4 Apr 2020 … Experts say that the nation’s unwillingness to publicly track the virus by race could obscure a crucial underlying reality: It’s quite likely that a disproportionate number of those who die of coronavirus will be black, reports ProPublica. Continue reading