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EDITORS' PICKS

  • Pure Pete Seeger
    In these clips from interviews with Bill Moyers, Seeger discusses dissent, environmentalism and his hope for a better world.
  • Maya Angelou on Facing Evil
    In this second of two programs celebrating the life and work of the late writer, Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 conference on evil.
  • Keeping Faith in Democracy
    Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson talks to Bill about what the title character of her new book Lila, says about the state of democracy in America.
  • Poets & Writers
    The Peace of Wild Things
    November 12, 2016
    | Wendell Berry
    A poem for the weekend after a long week.
  • Arts & Culture
    It Can't Happen Here. Can It?
    November 4, 2016
    | Kathy Kiely
    A theatrical adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' eerily prescient 1935 novel closes Sunday in California.
  • Media
    Live By Media, Die By Media
    October 17, 2016
    | Todd Gitlin
    Or: Even the never-to-be president of the United States sometimes has to console himself with memories of dressing rooms where he was the only guy and everybody else stood naked.
  • Arts & Culture
    The African-American History Museum Is About More Than the Past
    September 29, 2016
    | Leah Wright Rigueur
    It doesn't just document the story of a people; it allows it to continue.
  • Arts & Culture
    Joy and Pain in Black America
    September 28, 2016
    | Larry Irving
    It's a dichotomy that was well understood by a late Texas congressman who helped light the spark for the newest museum on the National Mall.
  • Arts & Culture
    What Would Joseph Campbell Say About Donald Trump?
    August 19, 2016
    | Joan Konner
    The executive producer of The Power of Myth reflects on Campbell's teachings and how they apply to the hero's journey that Trump claims he's on as he tries to win the White House.
  • Media
    What Would Mary McGrory Have Written?
    August 12, 2016
    | Emily Schwartz Greco
    A biography of the legendary columnist provides a refreshing antidote to campaign 2016.
  • History
    Who Was Saul Alinsky Redux
    July 20, 2016
    | BillMoyers.com Staff
    Ben Carson links Hillary Clinton to Satan via the long-dead community organizer at Day Two's most talked-about RNC speech.
  • Arts & Culture
    To Really Understand Working-Class Voters, Read These Books
    July 5, 2016
    | Sherry Linkon
    A Georgetown professor who's writing a book on the literature of deindustrialization recommends these personal stories of loss.
  • Society
    12 Great Commencement Speeches of 2016
    June 7, 2016
    | Panyin Conduah
    An unpredictable election season has politicians and celebrities urging graduates to take action, create change and vote.


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