We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People
We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People September 15, 2016 by Bill Moyers This post…
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Bill Moyers: Can Journalism Survive in a Plutocracy?
Bill Moyers: The Challenge of Journalism Is to Survive in the Pressure Cooker of Plutocracy…
Iraq History: When a President & Journalists Get it Wrong
MUNCIE, Indiana – With all the news about the Sunni rebels called ISIS in Iraq,…
Government = Protection Racket for the 1 Percent
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…
Millennials Didn’t Abandon Our Institutions — Our Institutions Failed Them
The Pew Research Center recently released a study finding that the Millennial generation – those born between the early 1980s and 2000 – is increasingly alienated from the major institutions of American society. Many are turned off by religion and…
Racism, Classism, the ‘Us vs Them’ Trap
Muncie, Indiana – For those who follow me on Facebook, know I get into good…
The Creeping Expansion of Corporate Civil Rights
Last week, The Wire creator David Simon told Bill Moyers that the legal doctrine that spending money on political campaigns is an act of political speech protected by the First Amendment poses the greatest threat to American democracy. “That to me…
The Many Faces of Addiction
The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has brought new attention to the resurgence of heroin in America and the potentially disastrous effects of substance abuse. In Bill Moyers’ 1998 series, Moyers on Addiction: Close to Home, Bill and his colleagues…
Fighting to Rein in Dark Money
Every news cycle seems to bring another revelation of the corrupting influence of dark money on American politics. In just the past few weeks, reporters and watchdog groups have exposed a network of state-level advocacy groups posing as think-tanks,…
Conflicts of Interest: Scholars as Paid Shills
Muncie, Indiana – Had to share this article from Bill Moyers about the practices used…