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  • Moyers on Democracy
    While We Were Social Distancing
    May 15, 2020
    The team at BillMoyers.com brings you news — some of it good, some of outrageous, all of it important — that’s been covered up by COVID-19
  • Media
    George Orwell and the Power of a Well-Placed Lie
    January 25, 2017
    | Robert Kuttner
    Hitler was the first to describe the technique of telling a lie so often that people believed it. He called it the “Big Lie.”
  • Morning Reads: Doomsday Preppers and the Coming Barackalypse
    October 11, 2013
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company this morning.
  • FISA: Now Hiring
    June 20, 2013
    | Mark Fiore
    Want an easy job with little supervision and the power to steamroll personal privacy? Look no further than FISA, explains Mark Fiore through his latest political 'toon.
  • Democracy & Government
    Sen. Russ Feingold on Progressive Change; Mark Johnson Shows the Power of Music
    December 5, 2008 | Bill Moyers Journal
    Bill Moyers talks to the Wisconsin senator about Obama's presidency and the Grammy-winning producer on his new documentary.
  • Democracy & Government
    Mickey Edwards and Anthony Romero on Domestic Surveillance
    September 7, 2007 | Bill Moyers Journal
    Bill Moyers interviews Anthony Romero and Mickey Edwards about legislation expanding the government’s domestic surveillance program.
  • Civil Liberties
    Going Undercover: War on Terror Tactics
    March 5, 2004 | NOW
    A look at whether law enforcement is abusing its power by spying on the lawful activities of ordinary citizens, and a conversation with an inspirational minister.
  • Economy & Work
    Cash and Carry, Bob Barr on Civil Liberties, and US Environmental Policies
    November 14, 2003 | NOW
    A discussion of big corporations' cozy ties to the White House and war profiteering, the Patriot Act and escalating erosion of liberties, and decades of US environmental policy.
  • War & Peace
    A Report From Baghdad, the Patriot Act, and Cable Mergers and Community
    August 22, 2003 | NOW

    This episode of NOW reported on an attack on the UN headquarters in Iraq and what it might mean for the rebuilding of Iraq. Next up, a trend in local cable systems becoming part of big media conglomerates caused many to worry that cable companies were no longer interested in addressing the needs of local communities. At the time, community access to media provided millions of Americans with educational opportunity, access to local government, and ...

  • Civil Liberties
    Dangers to Civil Liberties and Learning from the First Iraq War
    February 28, 2003 | NOW
    Bill talks with journalist Nat Hentoff about the loss of civil liberties in the war on terror and recounts the Gulf War with former State Department official Joseph Wilson.


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