After the broadcast interview ended the actor talked to Bill about why he passed on the part of King Lear 20 years ago and his reason for taking it this time around.

John Lithgow joins Bill to talk about the challenges and triumphs of playing Shakespeare's greatest role, and why we are so drawn to the tale of this flawed, contradictory leader at this moment.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

It's time for an anti-poverty contract that addresses minimum wages, paid sick leave, childcare, ending child hunger and ensuring that no one willing to work becomes destitute.

For more than 200 years, American exceptionalism was the idea of liberals and progressives. It was an idea about what America could be, should be and, if we act on it, would be.

The “self-made” man or woman, the symbol of American meritocracy, is disappearing. Six of today’s 10 wealthiest Americans are heirs to prominent fortunes.

A nostalgic London trip for fun reminds our senior writer that the power of money in politics corrupts both our democracies.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...

The president of the Center for American Progress makes a case for talking about poverty by recounting how her mother raised her family through tough times.

A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...