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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.
  • Society
    'Battle of the Sexes' Then — and Now
    September 22, 2017
    | Lynn Sherr
    The smartly engaging and depressingly relevant new movie is a blast from the past loaded with lessons for the future.
  • History
    How to Read Donald Trump
    September 15, 2017
    | Ariel Dorfman
    Only an America that continues to bathe in the mythology of innocence, a God-given exceptionalism and virtue destined to rule the Earth could have produced a Trump victory.
  • Arts & Culture
    Trump’s Arts Council 'Resists'; Will More Artists Take a Stand?
    August 21, 2017
    | Adele M. Stan
    Artists rebuke Trump in a cleverly worded protest letter disbanding his arts council, and the president announces he won’t attend this year’s Kennedy Center Honors.
  • History
    Collaboration: Be Careful Who You Work With
    August 19, 2017
    | Lynn Sherr
    At a time when precise language has gone missing from the White House, how best to describe those Republicans still loyal to President Trump?
  • Poets & Writers
    'Hymn'
    August 18, 2017
    | Sherman Alexie
    A new poem by Sherman Alexie on America — and Trump.
  • Poets & Writers
    The Limits Imposed on Reform: Reginald Dwayne Betts
    August 18, 2017
    | Kyle Dargan
    Find Betts’ writing and share it with those you think may find in it validation and strength, Kyle Dargan advises.
  • Democracy & Government
    We Need a Plan, Not a Brand
    August 1, 2017
    | Kate Aronoff
    Naomi Klein talks about Jeremy Corbyn, Donald Trump, climate change and the “hollow branding” that got us here.
  • Poets & Writers
    Poetry to the Rescue of America’s Soul
    May 31, 2017
    | Cesar Chelala
    Can carefully crafted words stand fast against the Trumpian wrecking ball?
  • Arts & Culture
    Happy Star Wars Day!
    May 4, 2017
    We bring you two clips from the archive that explore the mythology at the heart of the Star Wars universe.
  • Poetry Month
    'The Diameter of the Bomb'
    April 28, 2017
    | Yehuda Amichai
    Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai on the horrors of war.


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