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Rep. John Lewis, Civil Rights Icon, on the Struggle to Win – and Now Protect – Voting Rights in US
Having risked his life marching for the right of all Americans to vote, Lewis reflects on the ongoing struggle for voting rights today, when 16 states have passed restrictive …
Are Banksters Redeemable? Interview With Former JPMorgan Director John Fullerton
If we donu2019t redefine self-interest, said Fullerton, in this conversation recorded in New York in late June: I think we will look back, and our grandchildren will ask us, …
Bill Moyers | Khalil Muhammad on Facing Our Racial Past
Muhammad describes the New York City Police Departmentu2019s u201cStop and Frisku201d program as u201can old and enduring form of surveillance and racial control.u201d
As Japan Says Fukushima Disaster “Man-Made” and “Preventable,” Fears Grow for Nuclear Plants Worldwide
A Japanese parliamentary inquiry has concluded last yearu2019s nuclear meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was "a profoundly man-made disaster - that could and should have been …
The Fracking Industry’s Dirty Secrets
The fracking industry is one of the most secretive and deceptive industries in the country.
The Elephant in the Room: The Police and the Occupy Movement
Imagining a world without the armed defenders of oligarchs and politicians.
Gasland Director Josh Fox on His New Film, Gas Industry Lies and Government Collusion
Fox's new film, The Sky Is Pink, examines the gas industry's practice of sowing doubt about the science on pollution from fracking.
Paul Krugman: Europe has Made a Terrible Mistake and Republicans Are Completely Mad
Krugman discusses how and why the u201ctwo great centers of world economic activity, of democracy, and of everything else are both in deep trouble.u201d He says, "Europe made the …
Gay Marriage and Social Justice With Gail and Betsy Leondar-Wright
Gail and Betsy Leondar-Wright, who have been together since 1991, were among the first same-sex couples to be legally married in the United States — on May 23, 2004, …
Bill Moyers: Peter Edelman on Fighting Poverty
Bill talks with the author and advocate about continuing efforts to fight poverty, and how to keep the needs of the poor on the American political agenda.