Bill Moyers: Can Journalism Survive in a Plutocracy?
June 18th, 2015 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
Bill Moyers: The Challenge of Journalism Is to Survive in the Pressure Cooker of Plutocracy by Bill Moyers This post [&hellip
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Election 2014: Corporations Triumph , Progressive Victories, and Roadmap for Democratic Revival
November 6th, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
November 5, 2014 by Peter Dreier Election 2014: This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. MUNCIE, Indiana – Tuesday’s Republican wave [&hellip
Why Racial Equality Is a Myth in America
May 24th, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
Ta-Nehisi Coates’ cover story at The Atlantic, “The Case for Reparations,” published last night — and the subject of this week’s Moyers & Company interview — shows how dramatically the legacy of slavery and centuries of legalized and institutionalized&hellip
Fast-Food Workers in Over 150 US Cities and 33 Countries Went on Strike Last Week
May 19th, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
On May 15, fast-food workers across the country participated in a simultaneous strike, in what is believed to be the biggest strike of its kind. The protests also spread to other countries — from Ireland to India to El Salvador. Here are some photos&hellip
Why Independent Artists Should Care About Net Neutrality
May 13th, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
Artists are supposed to be on the vanguard politically and culturally, and yet, when it comes to Net neutrality, it seems to me creators are behind the curve. Many of the writers, musicians and visual artists I know are vaguely aware that the Internet&hellip
Charter Schools: Study Finds Widespread Fraud, Mismanagement & Waste
May 6th, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
Charter school operators want to have it both ways. When they’re answering critics of school privatization, they say charter schools are public — they use public funds and provide students with a tuition-free education. But when it comes to transparency&hellip
Cliven Bundy and the Soul of Modern Conservatism
May 2nd, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
Cliven Bundy and the Soul of Modern Conservatism (via Moyers & Company) An excerpt of this post first appeared in [&hellip
Lawrence Lessig Has a “Moonshot” Plan to Halt Our Slide Toward Plutocracy
April 28th, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
Harvard’s Lawrence Lessig, the crusader for campaign finance reform, feels that his fellow reformers don’t think big or boldly enough to inspire the kind of grassroots campaign that might break elite donors’ stranglehold on America’s political&hellip
Government = Protection Racket for the 1 Percent
April 22nd, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
The evidence of income inequality just keeps mounting. According to “Working for the Few,” a recent briefing paper from Oxfam, “In the US, the wealthiest one percent captured 95 percent of post-financial crisis growth since 2009, while the bottom&hellip
Reactions to Capital in the Twenty-First Century
April 19th, 2014 | by Bill Moyers & Co.
This week, Bill talked with economist Paul Krugman about Thomas Piketty’s landmark new book that Bill calls “revolutionary.” You can read an excerpt at the publisher’s website, read a Q&A with Piketty at the Times Economix blog and, if you’&hellip