The directives of Louis DeJoy have harmed the ability of the Postal Service, including with what they call the on-time departure, meaning on-time departure without your mail. And Louis DeJoy said he didn’t forbid overtime, that he just restricted it. Okay. Well, that restriction had a huge impact on the on-time delivery of the mail. Continue reading

On this week’s MOYERS ON DEMOCRACY, Bill Moyers speaks to Lisa Graves about what’s at stake in rushing Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination through the Senate. Barrett is a young judge who has been nominated with the understanding that Republicans are looking for her to cast a vote for Trump from the bench. Continue reading

Chayes has a new book — ON CORRUPTION IN AMERICA: AND WHAT IS AT STAKE

Bill Moyers sit down with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to discuss the most pressing global issues faced by present-day women leaders. Continue reading

Leading media critic tells Bill Moyers why Presidents lie – and guess who’s the worst.

One of America’s leading trial lawyers has taken Donald Trump to court, to stop what he describes as a conspiracy by the president, the postmaster general, and the Postal Service itself to rig the coming election. Continue reading

What’s behind the Trump administration’s drive to kill off the post service? Expert Lisa Graves says the move began in earnest in the early 1970s. That’s when billionaire Charles Koch began to turn his money and effort toward privatization of the USPS — he is using the Koch empire to push his political agenda to this day, when the postal service is ripe for taking. Continue reading

Yes, the Civil War brought an end to the slave order of the South and the rule of the plantation oligarchs who embodied white supremacy. But the Northern victory was short lived — Southern ideals spread quickly to the West. It's all about America’s ongoing battle between oligarchy and democracy.

A year ago, historian Heather Cox Richardson started writing small essays on the history behind the headlines and posting them to her Facebook page as LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN. Today, over half a million readers (and counting) click on her dispatches each day.

Bill Moyers talks with Legal Contributor Steven Harper.