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  • Health & Science
    The Freakout About Giving COVID Vaccines to Prisoners Has Already Begun
    December 7, 2020
    | Madison Pauly

    As the arrival of the first COVID vaccines approaches, a political backlash has been brewing over the idea that inoculating people behind bars should be a priority.

  • Inequality
    What George Floyd’s Dying Breaths Tell Our Fractured Nation
    June 12, 2020
    | Michael Winship

    As George Floyd’s daughter said, in death, her daddy changed the world. The least the rest of us can do is try to make that change permanent.

  • Moyers on Democracy
    While We Were Distancing, News You Need to Know
    May 4, 2020
    | Gloria Teal
    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
  • Environment
    America's Toxic Prisons
    June 9, 2017
    | Candice Bernd, Zoe Loftus-Farren and Maureen Nandini Mitra
    The toxic impact of prisons extends far beyond any individual prison.
  • Civil Liberties
    1 in 13 Black Adults Prohibited From Voting in the US
    March 24, 2015
    | Katie Rose Quandt
    Disenfranchisement of ex-felons can have a measurable impact on election results.
  • Justice
    Who Profits Off America's Prisoners?
    January 21, 2015
    | James Kilgore
    From prison construction to striped "convict classics" jumpsuits, these five off-the-radar corporations are earning millions from mass incarceration.
  • How a Bogus Study Helped Spur a Privatization Disaster in Michigan
    July 17, 2014
    | Joshua Holland
    The for-profit prison industry is plagued by problems, but dodgy "research" and a pile of lobbying dollars keeps it growing.
  • Morning Reads: The Real Goal of Boehner's Lawsuit; Charter School Using Far-Right Textbook
    July 15, 2014
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading at Moyers & Company HQ...
  • Backlash Against Privatization Is Growing in States and Cities Across the US
    April 23, 2014
    From Halliburton to Healthcare.gov to private prisons and welfare systems, contracting has often proved problematic.
  • Morning Reads: SCOTUS Strikes Down Campaign Limits; Republican Asks How Equal Pay Will Help Men
    April 2, 2014
    A roundup of some of the stories we're reading this morning at Moyers & Company HQ...


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