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  1. Ebola Fearmongering: The Right’s New Dog Whistle A screenshot from MSNBC coverage of a House hearing on Ebola in which CDC director Tom Frieden expressed concern about "porous borders" in Africa.
    10 Oct 2014 … Why are so few decrying the racial elements in today’s scare tactics? Continue reading
  2. Unsanitized: The Vaccine Distribution Gaps
    12 Dec 2020 … There’s a gap in transparency and a gap in funding. Plus, looking at the holiday travel stats. Continue reading
  3. Morning Reads: Welcome to John Roberts’ Plutocracy; Drug Warriors Losing Battle for Hearts and Minds Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Antonin Scalia sit for a new group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington. September 2009. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
    4 Apr 2014 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading
  4. An Education Holiday Wish List Courtney Thornton, 10, and her mother, Colleen Thornton, participate in a candlelight vigil outside the Chester-Upland School District administration building in Chester, Pa. School Administrators say they won't be able to make payroll Wednesday, Jan. 18, unless the state advances the district $18.7 million in expected funding. January 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
    12 Dec 2012 … Ten suggestions to improve education for all American children from The Nation's Greg Kaufmann. Continue reading
  5. Be a Modern-Day Robin Hood Nurses from the National Nurses United union protest for the Robin Hood Tax
    5 May 2012 … Fans call it the “Robin Hood” tax, but it’s more formally known as the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT). It’s a small fee on large transactions of currencies, bonds and shares. More than 65 U.S. and international environmental, health, labor, faith, Continue reading
  6. “I Question America”: Fannie Lou Hamer and the Battle for Full Citizenship Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer of Ruleville, MS, speaks to Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party sympathizers outside the Capitol in Washington, September 17, 1965, after the House of Representatives rejected a challenge to the 1964 election of five Mississippi representatives. (AP Photo/William J. Smith)
    8 Aug 2014 … The soul-searching that the country is going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, echoes that of our past. Continue reading
  7. When Charter Schools Are Nonprofit in Name Only
    12 Dec 2014 … Some charters pass along nearly all their money to for-profit companies hired to manage the schools. It’s an arrangement that’s raising eyebrows. Continue reading
  8. The Labyrinth: God, Darwin and the Meaning of Life 1881 portrait of Charles Darwin; Credit: John Collier
    7 Jul 2012 … Philip Appleman explores God, Darwin and the Meaning of Life. Continue reading
  9. Trickle-Down Election Economics: How Big Money Can Affect Small Races After unsuccessfully challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo the 2014 Democratic primary, Zephyr Teachout is the Democratic party nominee for a seat on Congress. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
    8 Aug 2016 … At a press event in Kingston, New York, a Hudson Valley community about 90 miles north of Manhattan, the local Democratic congressional candidate, Zephyr Teachout, earlier this month called for a debate. But not with her Republican opponent, John Faso. Continue reading
  10. The new Obama Administration: David Sirota, Thomas Frank, Melissa Harris-Lacewell and Patricia Williams Weigh in Barack Obama holds his right hand in the air as he and Michelle Obama both smile towards a balding man whose back is to the camera while a large crowd watches.
    1 Jan 2009 … Bill Moyers and guests discuss Barack Obama taking office and what this political milestone means for the future. Continue reading