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  1. Juan Cole on America’s Terrorism Double Standard Left: Sikh temple shooter Wade Michael Page, Right: Fort Hood shooter Nadal Hasan, (AP)
    8 Aug 2012 … Scholar and blogger Juan Cole explains how racism plays a factor in how we view terrorist incidents in the U.S. Continue reading
  2. 10 Reasons We Should Be Glad the TPP Is Dead Union members and community activists protest outside the Miami Dade College where the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce and the college were hosting a moderated conversation with Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew on March 20, 2015 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
    2 Feb 2017 … Since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, I’ve found myself talking for the first time with a lot of my 20-something friends about trade agreements. My friends didn’t vote for Donald Trump. Most are from “liberal” parts Continue reading
  3. Keeping Faith in Democracy
    10 Oct 2014 … Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson talks to Bill about what the title character of her new book Lila, says about the state of democracy in America. Continue reading
  4. Rev. Dr. William Barber II on North Carolina’s Fight for Democracy Moral Monday (Photo: David Biesack/Flickr CC 2.0)
    8 Aug 2014 … "Our role now is to be like a social defibrillator, to shock the heart of the nation, to cause it to revive and to remember what the real enemy is: regressive extremism." Continue reading
  5. Drought Helped Spark Syria’s Civil War — Is it One of Many Climate Wars to Come?
    9 Sep 2013 … A devastating drought played a significant role in sparking Syria's civil war. Is it a harbinger of future climate change-related conflicts? Continue reading
  6. Reducing Jail: A New York Story
    12 Dec 2014 … Change is possible even in high-volume, urban justice systems. Continue reading
  7. Morning Reads: Congress Looks Like a Million Bucks and Duck Dynasty’s Fake Rednecks
    1 Jan 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ. Continue reading
  8. “Slavery to Mass Incarceration” Screenshot from 'Slavery to Mass Incarceration'
    7 Jul 2015 … A new video from the Equal Justice Initiative sets out to explain how the myth of racial difference that was created to sustain American slavery persists today. Slavery did not end in 1865, it evolved. Continue reading
  9. The ‘Caravan Against Fear’ Wants You to Stay Home from Work on May 1 On day 8 of the Caravan Against Fear's journey, hundreds gathered to protest Los Angeles County Sheriff McDonnell's opposition to California sancutrary bill SB54 and his collaboration with ICE. (Photo courtesy of Caravan Against Fear)
    4 Apr 2017 … A coalition of community leaders, immigration advocates, labor groups and workers are touring the Western US to highlight the plight of immigrant workers and urge people to "shut it down" this Labor Day in protest of Trump's policies. Continue reading
  10. Going Multiracial Rinku Sen
    8 Aug 2013 … The demands of the March on Washington weren’t just about reshuffling the racial order; they repudiated racial hierarchy itself. Continue reading