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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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A Primer: Just What Is Net Neutrality, and Why All the Fuss?
The battle over Net neutrality is once again heating up. But not everyone has followed this somewhat complicated issue.
Charter Schools Gone Wild: Study Finds Widespread Fraud, Mismanagement and Waste
When it comes to transparency, charter schools insist they have the same rights to privacy as any other private enterprise.
Is Net Neutrality Dead?
Tom Wheeler, chairman of the FCC and a former cable and telecommunications top gun, is circulating potential new rules that reportedly would put a price tag on climbing aboard …
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SCOTUS Hands Down Another Big Defeat for Big Coal
The Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has the authority to regulate emissions from fossil-fuel burning power plants that drift across state lines, to states that may not share …
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Five Videos Worth Watching From the Senate Dark Money Hearing
In a recent hearing on dark money, some very smart people shared their thoughts about big money's corrupting influence on our democracy, and what might be done to limit …
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Don’t Let Net Neutrality Become Another Broken Promise
President Obama could stiffen Tom Wheeler's spine on net neutrality with one phone call. But that's not likely, given the broken promises that litter the White House grounds.
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Fast Food Pulls a Fast One
The vast profits this industry pulls in are lining the pockets of its CEOs while many of those who work in the kitchens and behind the counters are struggling …
One in Three US Deaths Would Be Avoided if US Income Distribution Was the Same as Most European Countries
Study: Those who live in societies with a higher level of income inequality are at a greater risk for premature death.
Bill Moyers: Government Is Now a Protection Racket for the 1%
Inequality is what has turned Washington into a protection racket for the 1 percent. It buys all those goodies from government: tax breaks, tax havens, loopholes, favors like carried …
Paul Krugman: What the 1% Don’t Want You to Know
Economist Paul Krugman explains how the United States is becoming an oligarchy - the very system our founders revolted against.