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Bill Moyers Journal | Peace Through Education
Airtime: Friday, January 15, 2010, at 9:00 PM (EST) on PBS (check local listings).

New VA Statistics Show Young Veterans Committing Suicide at an Alarming Rate
New figures released this week by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) show a dramatic increase in suicide among veterans aged 18 to 29 years old, due in large …

ACLU Sues Library of Congress Alleging Ex-Guantanamo Prosecutor Wrongfully Fired
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has filed a lawsuit against the Library of Congress on behalf of Col. Morris Davis, the former top prosecutor at Guantanamo and an …

Haiti Earthquake: With Aid Groups Already There, Relief Efforts Ramp Up Quickly
The International Red Cross estimates as many as three million people may have been left homeless by Tuesday's earthquake in Haiti. With daylight, a clearer assessment of the scale …

Jim Hightower | Selling a City’s Soul – for Chicken Scratch
Fire hydrants deserve more respect. They are utilitarian and ubiquitous icons of America's urban landscape, yet they're rarely noticed by anyone but dogs — who give them no respect …

DC’s Excise Tax Cult Battles Unions, Critical Research and Taxing the Rich
The centrist natives of Washington are banding together to defend their faith-based totem: the wildly unpopular excise tax on high-cost health plans. They and some of their academic allies …

Speaking Truth to Power
There's a phrase originating with the peace activism of the American Quaker movement: “Speak Truth to Power.” One can hardly speak more directly to power than addressing the presidential …

The Conservative Case for Gay Marriage
Why same-sex marriage is an American value. Together with my good friend and occasional courtroom adversary David Boies, I am attempting to persuade a federal court to invalidate California's …

Global Auction of Public Assets
A new study[1] exposes the impact of the emerging global infrastructure market and widening use of Public Private Partnerships, which is fueling a new era of public asset sales …

Regime Change in Tehran? Don’t Bet on It
The dramatic images of protestors in Iran fearlessly facing — and sometimes countering — the brutal attacks of the regime's security forces rightly gain the admiration and sympathy of …