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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 …
David Stockman on Crony Capitalism
TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: Welcome. This week we’re continuing our exploration of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned its Back on the Middle Class. …
Ex-FCC Commissioner Michael Copps on Media Consolidation, Broadband Expansion, Threats to Journalism (2)
Michael Copps served two terms with the Federal Communications Commission. Now the staunch supporter of an open internet and opponent of media consolidation has retired. In a wide-ranging discussion, …
Bill Moyers on Democracy (2)
Also see: Bill Moyers: He’s Back, Just as Curious as Ever
Dysfunctional Banking Sector Helps Keep Iraq in Economic Shambles
Roy Gutman, McClatchy Newspapers Baghdad - The shelves are packed with imported goods at Baghdad's thriving Warda supermarket, and customers can barely move their shopping carts in the narrow …
“Every Man for Himself”: A Destructive Oversimplification in a Complex World
Peter Gumpert, Truthout The Current State of Affairs
Blunt: GOP’s Answer to All Our Problems: Tax Cuts!
Restoring Government, of, by and for the People
Rescinding corporate personhood is the first step toward a larger vision of reclaiming and reinvigorating democracy around the world.
If We End Corporate Personhood We Can Define the Terms of a New Economy
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Although the increasingly unrestrained marketplace that Teddy Roosevelt and Louis Brandeis warn of makes it hard for many companies to emphasize community …