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  1. The War on Medicaid Is Moving to the States Mary Mayhew, commissioner of Maine's Dept. of Health & Human Services (left) and Gov. Paul LePage answer questions during a news conference to announce changes to the MaineCare system in Augusta, Maine, on Dec. 6, 2011. (Photo by Joe Phelan/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images)
    9 Sep 2017 … In the early 1960s, as the Kennedy and Johnson administrations worked to enact Medicare and Medicaid, then-actor Ronald Reagan was a spokesman for the American Medical Association. He made a recording that warned of the dangers of the legislation — Continue reading
  2. Morning Reads: Journos, Pols Arrested in Ferguson; Yazidis Escape Mountain Siege A man watches as police walk through a cloud of smoke during a clash with protesters Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Ferguson, Mo. Protests in the St. Louis suburb rocked by racial unrest since a white police officer shot an unarmed black teenager to death turned violent Wednesday night, with people lobbing Molotov cocktails at police who responded with smoke bombs and tear gas to disperse the crowd. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
    8 Aug 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  3. The Story Behind the Story of Those Huge Corporate Tax Cuts Capitol Hill by night, August 11, 2012. (Image: Flickr/ Paul Arps)
    12 Dec 2014 … Congress has extended these give-aways for years without any public attention. Continue reading
  4. Why We Fail When We Try to Talk About Race in America About 2,000 New Yorkers marched in Manhattan, bringing traffic to a halt for hours in a demonstration demanding police accountability and remembering Delrawn Small, Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, the three men recently shot dead by police. (Photo by Erik Mcgregor/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … Conversations about race in the United States fall short of their stated aims. We declare, usually after some horrific event, that Americans need to have a hard talk about racism. Politicians and pundits convene town hall meetings. Television and radio Continue reading
  5. Dean Baker: Main Street’s Economic Pain Is a Result of a Policy Failure
    12 Dec 2013 … Economists Dean Baker and Jared Bernstein have written a new book about how to cure what ails the American economy. Continue reading
  6. Trump’s Proposed Military Buildup: Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight Afghanistan war veteran and conscientious objector Rory Fanning speaks in Japan on a Veterans for Peace trip in 2016. (Photo by Yoshiaki Kawakami)
    3 Mar 2017 … Sarah Jaffe speaks with Afghanistan war veteran and conscientious objector Rory Fanning about Trump's "alarming" plans for the military, the roles that veterans and athletes can play in movements for change and the long tradition of imperialism in the US. Continue reading
  7. An Interview With Bill Moyers Bill Moyers at Public Affairs Television
    5 May 2014 … Bill Moyers speaks about his life, his career, LBJ and his views about contemporary journalism and politics. Continue reading
  8. Why Are Walmart Billionaires Bankrolling Phony School ‘Reform’ In LA?
    3 Mar 2013 … The Waltons have given more than $1 billion to organizations and candidates who support school privatization. Continue reading
  9. Morning Reads: US Bombs Syria as Chaos Reigns Across Mideast Flickr/ tavopp
    9 Sep 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  10. Paul Ryan’s Seven Terrible Ideas WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) approaches the podium to deliver a speech at the Library of Congress, December 3, 2015 in Washington, DC. Ryan spoke about important challenges facing the country and the principles by which Americans should address them. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
    12 Dec 2015 … Yesterday, the new Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, summed up his House Republican agenda – vowing to pursue legislation that would frame a stark choice for voters in 2016. “Our No. 1 goal for the next year is to put together Continue reading