Bill Moyers

We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People

We, the Plutocrats vs. We, the People September 15, 2016 by Bill Moyers This post first appeared on BillMoyers.com. The…

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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 by Bill Moyers This post…

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Iraq History: When a President & Journalists Get it Wrong

MUNCIE, Indiana – With all the news about the Sunni rebels called ISIS in Iraq, and “War Hawks” appearing on…

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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…

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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…

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Racism, Classism, the ‘Us vs Them’ Trap

Muncie, Indiana – For those who follow me on Facebook, know I get into good debates from time to time…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Conflicts of Interest: Scholars as Paid Shills

Muncie, Indiana – Had to share this article from Bill Moyers about the practices used by Wall Street to influence…

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