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Moyers and Company
Under the editorial direction of Bill Moyers, the non-profit, award-winning Moyers & Company offer independent news and commentary covering elections, money and politics, inequality, climate change, voting rights, the media and more.
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Do the United States’ Hungry Children Matter?
Can't we all agree that policies aimed at helping impoverished children is the right thing to do?
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In SOTU, President Punts on Income Inequality
For now, don't really expect further taxes on the wealthy that could help those at the bottom.
Simon Johnson: GOP and Wall Street Say, “To Hell With Protecting the Public!“
This week, the House passed further legislation that would delay by two years some key provisions of Dodd-Frank.
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“Je Suis Charlie” – but Not in My Backyard
World leaders walked, decrying the violent suppression of speech and religious freedom, although many of them have been guilty of the same crimes in their own nations.
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You Have the Right to Remain Angry
We expect the police to protect and not harm us; in return, they expect our respect regardless of any transgressions.
The Children’s Climate Crusade
It may just turn out that our children and their children will save us from ourselves.
Ursula Le Guin’s Viral Video: “We Will Need Writers Who Can Remember Freedom”
Eminent sci-fi writer Ursula Le Guin made a knock-out speech about the power of capitalism, literature and imagination.
Native Americans Confront History of Dispossession
Congress passed a measure that would give lands sacred to Native Americans in Arizona to a foreign company.
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It’s a Wonderful Life, Comrade
The Hollywood Christmas classic was once accused of hiding a subversive Communist message.
The New Robber Barons
What happened in Washington over the past several days sounds strikingly familiar to the First Gilded Age.