In a speech delivered last year in Australia, the journalist and creator of The Wire said America is "utterly schizophrenic" when it comes to our society, economy and politics.

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The president only included a vague throwaway line about trade.

Close to 3,000 people weighed in on the Bill Moyers Facebook page with comments on President Obama's speech last night. Here's what they had to say.

Perhaps giving overseas posts to big spenders isn't the optimal way to get the best and the brightest.

There has been an average of one school shooting every other school day so far this year.

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The Southern leg of the controversial pipeline opened for business today, but landowners like Michael Bishop and others in its 485-mile path aren't happy about it.

In the tradition of activist Doris Haddock, who walked across the country in 1999, Rootstrikers founder Lawrence Lessig and others are marching to protest the corrupting influence of money in politics.

Years after the financial crisis, there's still plenty of risk in our financial system and regulatory agencies keeping an eye on Wall Street are still being woefully underfunded.