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  1. A Conversation with Ronald Reagan Reagan and Bill 1992
    5 May 1979 … Bill Moyers talks with former governor of California and undeclared candidate for president, Ronald Reagan, at his ranch in California. Reagan talks about wanting to become president, his parents and upbringing, his early support of New Deal politics and subsequent Continue reading
  2. Fast Food Pulls a Fast One Three NJ Taco Bell restaurants linked to E Coli outbreak (AP Photo)
    4 Apr 2014 … Our tax dollars are subsidizing both the fast-food workers who need the help and the companies' CEOs who don’t. Continue reading
  3. A Primer on the Nationwide Prisoners’ Strike The joint resolution proposing the Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified December 6, 1865, and abolished slavery, except as punishment for a crime. (National Archives via The Marshall Project)
    9 Sep 2016 … On Sept. 9, prisoners around the country staged a coordinated strike to mark the 45th anniversary of the bloody uprising at Attica prison in New York. According to strike organizers, more than 24,000 inmates in at least 12 states did Continue reading
  4. Morning Reads: Bernie at Liberty, Walker Amps Up Anti-Union Stance, California Driest in 500 Years Scott Walker
    9 Sep 2015 … A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at BillMoyers.com HQ… Continue reading
  5. Making Change: Brandon Dennison Brandon Dennison
    6 Jun 2017 … As a college student, Brandon Dennison volunteered with his church to repair homes in West Virginia’s coal country. He never forgot seeing people his own age desperate for paying work. West Virginia is the only state in the country where Continue reading
  6. As the Foreclosure Crisis Ebbs, Cleveland Picks Up the Pieces In this photo taken on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, a "For Sale" sign rests on a vacant house in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
    6 Jun 2014 … “We learned a lot," says one resident. "And because we were first, we learned first." Continue reading
  7. Richard Wolff on Curing Capitalism
    3 Mar 2013 … Economist Richard Wolff answers audience questions about industry regulation, the limits of capitalism, and solutions to economic inequality. Continue reading
  8. The One Percent Are Cheating Us Out of a Quarter-Trillion Dollars in Taxes Every Year Internal Revenue Service building
    7 Jul 2020 … The problem here isn’t that we lack the knowledge to fix things — the problem is our political system. Continue reading
  9. A Force Unto Itself: A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as America’s 51st and Most Powerful State Members of a private security company pose on the rooftop of a house in Baghdad, 18 September 2007. Iraq declared today it will review the operations of all security firms working in the war-ravaged country following a deadly shootout involving private US contractor Blackwater. AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ (Photo credit should read PATRICK BAZ/AFP/Getty Images)
    3 Mar 2016 … In the decades since the draft ended in 1973, a strange new military has emerged in the United States. Think of it, if you will, as a post-democratic force that prides itself on its warrior ethos rather than the old-fashioned Continue reading
  10. We’ll Need More Vaccines in a Warming World Child getting vaccinated
    2 Feb 2015 … Vaccines protect vulnerable populations from diseases that will be made worse by climate change, especially in developing nations. Continue reading