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David Stockman on Crony Capitalism (2)
David Stockman on Crony Capitalism from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. For full transcript click here.
“Internet Censorship Affects Everybody”: Rebecca MacKinnon on the Global Struggle for Online Freedom
As protests mount against two controversial internet anti-piracy bills moving through Congress, we speak with Rebecca MacKinnon, author of the forthcoming book, "Consent of the Networked: The Worldwide Struggle …
Medical Self Defense and the Black Panther Party: An Interview With Alondra Nelson
Alondra Nelson, a professor of sociology and gender studies at Columbia University, is the author of a new book released last month, entitled "Body and Soul: The Black Panther …
On Eve of MLK Day, Michelle Alexander & Randall Robinson on the Mass Incarceration of Black America
On this eve of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, we host a wide-ranging discussion with TransAfrica founder Randall Robinson and author Michelle Alexander about the mass incarceration of …
Ex-FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on Media Consolidation, Broadband Expansion, Threats to Journalism
Juan Gonzalez: The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday testing the constitutionality of a Bush-era regulation that allows the Federal Communications Commission to levy stiff fines on broadcasters for the …
Interview With MSNBC Host and Professor Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Melissa V. Harris-Perry, author of “Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America.” (Photo: @MHarrisPerry) Melissa V. Harris-Perry: I am not a huge fan of the …
Author of “Pity the Billionaire” Maps Our Ideological Fantasy World
(Image: Metropolitan Books) Thomas Frank is the author of “Pity the Billionaire: The Hard-Times Swindle and the Unlikely Comeback of the Right” (Metropolitan Books). He wrote several …
As States Take on Citizens United, Lawrence Lessig Offers Bold Plan to Get Money Out of Politics
California and New York City lawmakers are introducing measures today calling for a constitutional amendment overturning Citizens United, the controversial 2010 Supreme Court ruling that characterizes political spending as …
Super PACs, Occupy Iowa Protests and a Surging Rick Santorum: Iowa GOP Caucus Begins 2012 Race
Iowa is awash in millions of dollars of negative campaign ads funded by so-called Super PACs as voters head to their caucuses in the first real test of the …
Confronting Stereotypes of the Black Woman
Author and professor Melissa Harris-Perry. (Photo: Ove Overmyer) Since the days of slavery, the African-American woman has been subjected to stereotypes: the mammy, the angry black female …