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  • History
    Walter Bernstein Survived the Hollywood Blacklist – And Lived to Be 101
    January 25, 2021
    | Michael Winship

    Screenwriter Walter Berrnstein was a brave opponent of right-wing repression during a dark period of our history.

  • Media
    'Sometimes to Tell the Truth, You Have to Take a Stand'
    January 22, 2021
    | Ti-Hua Chang
    These words from legendary CBS producer Fred Friendly are on the mind of a former student.
  • Media
    It’s Not ‘McCarthyism’ to Demand Answers on Trump and Russia
    April 24, 2017
    | Katha Pollitt
    Using the language of the anticommunist witch hunt for this moment is a mistake.
  • Media
    The Manchurian President
    February 22, 2017
    | Neal Gabler
    A classic Hollywood political thriller may tell us more about what's happening in America than any history book.
  • Democracy & Government
    Trump, His Virus and the Dark Age of Unreason
    June 16, 2016
    | Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
    He's the latest in a long line of American demagogues but has come closest to the White House. That makes him the most dangerous of them all.
  • History
    62 Years Ago Today, Sen. Joseph McCarthy Was Exposed
    June 9, 2016
    His ghost, however, is still with us.
  • Pure Pete Seeger
    January 31, 2014 | Updated January 27, 2016
    In these clips from interviews with Bill Moyers, Seeger discusses dissent, environmentalism and his hope for a better world.
  • Singing for Solidarity and Social Change
    May 3, 2013
    Watch Johnny Cash, Pete Seeger, Bernice Johnson Reagon and Tom Morello talk with Bill about the unifying power of music.
  • Optimism for a Better Political System
    April 22, 2013
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    John Nichols -- Washington correspondent for The Nation -- says that history tells us that our political system can and will improve.


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