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  • Civil Liberties
    Politicians Should Honor Selma by Protecting Voting Rights
    March 9, 2015
    | Ari Berman
    President Obama and hundreds of politicians marched in Selma this weekend. Will the experience convince more members of Congress to support the Voting Rights Amendment Act?
  • The Myth of Voter Fraud
    March 9, 2015
    | Lorraine C. Minnite
    Voters rarely commit fraud because for them, it is a motiveless crime. So why does the myth persist?
  • New Voting Laws Show That the Struggle Continues
    March 6, 2015
    | Wendy Weiser
    After a surge in voting participation among African-Americans and other groups in 2008, many states enacted new voting restrictions.
  • Justice
    50 Years After Bloody Sunday, Voting Rights Are Under Attack
    March 6, 2015
    | Ari Berman
    Despite some improvements, the right to vote is under the most sustained attack since the passage of the VRA.
  • "The American Promise" -- LBJ's Finest Hour
    March 6, 2015
    | Gary May
    In the days after Selma's "Bloody Sunday," the White House prepared the greatest speech of Lyndon Johnson's presidency.
  • Civil Liberties
    50 Years After Selma's Bloody Sunday, Everything
    and Nothing Has Changed
    March 2, 2015
    | Ari Berman
    The Nation's Ari Berman writes that racism, segregation and inequality persist in this civil-rights battleground.
  • Justice
    Remembering Jimmie Lee Jackson, the First Martyr of the Selma Struggle
    February 20, 2015
    | Ari Berman
    On the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," activists gathered in Marion, Alabama, to honor and commemorate those who died fighting for equality and justice.
  • Bill Moyers on LBJ and 'Selma'
    January 15, 2015
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Expanding on a chat Bill did with viewers in January, he offers his views on the Oscar-nominated film and his recollections of President Lyndon B. Johnson from 1965.
  • Bill Moyers on Saving Our Democracy, 'Selma' and LBJ
    January 14, 2015
    | Karin Kamp
    In an online live chat, Bill talks about what everyday people need to do to fight against the powers that be, the historical inaccuracies in the film 'Selma' and much more.
  • Most Underreported Stories of The Year
    December 22, 2014
    As 2014 draws to a close, we asked editors, journalists and friends of BillMoyers.com: What story didn't get the attention it deserved this year?


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