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  1. Your Turn: The State of the Union Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Boehner, SOTU 2014
    1 Jan 2014 … Close to 3,000 people weighed in on the Bill Moyers Facebook page with comments on President Obama's speech last night. Here's what they had to say. Continue reading
  2. ‘Be Joyful, Though You Have Considered the Facts’
    10 Oct 2015 … The new documentary based on Naomi Klein's book is in theaters and filmmaker Avi Lewis shares his thoughts on climate, capitalism and credible hope. Continue reading
  3. Maybe This Is the Article That Will Convince You Not to Cut Medicaid Rally in Support of the Affordable Care Act at the White House on Feb. 25, 2017. (Photo by Ted Eytan/ flickr CC 2.0)
    6 Jun 2017 … The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, made it possible for my sister to live as a single mom with a chronic illness. It qualified her for Medicaid coverage in Montana. It ensured that she would not be discriminated against in Continue reading
  4. Twenty-First-Century Energy Wars Oil wells on fire in southern Iraq as British Tanks drive past, March 23, 2003. (Press Association via AP Images)
    7 Jul 2014 … Global conflicts are increasingly fueled by the desire for oil and natural gas -- and the funds they generate. Continue reading
  5. Robin Lindley Talks with Historian Adam Domby about The False Cause
    9 Sep 2020 … Adam Domby, an award-winning historian and specialist on the Civil War and Reconstruction, examines the role of lies and exaggeration in the Lost Cause narratives and their celebration of white supremacy in his timely and groundbreaking new book The False Cause: Continue reading
  6. What I Learned From My March With Democracy Spring Lappé addresses a crowd gathered for the Democracy Spring mobilization in Washington, DC. (Photo: Democracy Spring)
    4 Apr 2016 … Yesterday was the most important day of my life. I walked up to the Capitol building and sat on the steps with more than 400 people. When asked to move, we refused and were arrested. We committed nonviolent civil disobedience Continue reading
  7. 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
  8. Dangerous Deep Freeze in Texas A man braves subzero cold as he walks down a street in downtown Indianapolis on Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, following a powerful snowstorm that dumped more than a foot of snow on parts of Indiana. (AP Photo/Rick Callahan)
    2 Feb 2021 … With climate change expected to intensify extremes of weather, the crisis in Texas indicates that our infrastructure will need to be reinforced to meet conditions it was not designed for. Continue reading
  9. As the GOP Convention Begins, Ohio Is Purging Tens of Thousands of Democratic Voters Voters wait in front of the Mt. Pleasant Library November 6, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. Citizens around the United States head to the polls to vote on the country's next president including in Ohio, a state with 18 electoral votes, were the race between US President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney is very close. AFP PHOTO/Brendan SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)
    7 Jul 2016 … Larry Harmon, a 59-year-old software engineer and Navy vet, went the polls in 2015 in his hometown of Kent, Ohio, to vote on a state ballot initiative. But poll workers told him he was no longer registered and could not Continue reading
  10. Morning Reads: Buffett Buys Wind Power; Little Upward Mobility in the South
    12 Dec 2013 … A roundup of stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ... Continue reading