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Author Walter Mosley on Writing Mystery Novels, Political Revelation, Racism and Pushing Obama
Today in a Black History Month special, we spend the hour with the award-winning author Walter Mosley, who many people were introduced to when Bill Clinton praised his book …
How Pop Culture Influences Political Expectations
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona on February 13, 2012. Film historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins …
Bill Moyers Interviews Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry (Video)
Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: From the combative, ferocious and vituperative field of politics, we repair to a quieter …
On the News With Thom Hartmann: January Was a Good Month for SuperPACs, and More
TRANSCRIPT: Thom Hartmann here – on the news…
Is $25 Billion Mortgage Settlement Enough?
In partnering with the AG in several states across the country the Obama Administration has brokered a $25 Billion mortgage settlement deal set to relieve distressed homeowners fighting foreclosure …
Occupiers in Conservative Texas City Have Support of Mayor, Some Tea Partiers (2)
Although protesters have been driven from their peaceful occupations of almost every location across the nation, including Wall Street, Los Angeles, UC Davis and Oakland, they have managed to …
Who Are the Millennials?: Bill Moyers Interview With Heather McGhee
Heather McGhee. (Photo: Moyers & Co.) While Republicans are still fighting the culture wars primary by primary, and caucus by caucus, President Obama is campaigning rather feverishly …
The GOP’s Racial Politics
From the subtle to the sickening, this Republican primary season has seen a normalizing of racist and racially-coded language. It was not so long ago that the chairman of …
Bill Moyers | How Can Ordinary People Fight Citizens United? (2)
Ask Bill: How can ordinary people help to overturn or nullify the Citizen United Decision? from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo.
“He Says One Thing and Does Another”: Ralph Nader Responds to Obama’s State of the Union Address
Responding to President Obama’s State of the Union address, longtime consumer advocate and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader says Obama’s criticism of income inequality and Wall Street excess fail …