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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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Cash and Congress: The Tie That Binds
Their fat wallets and deep pockets bring together Democrats and Republicans like no one else in a collegial spirit of kumbaya as they dive for dollars in exchange for …
Our Growing Racial Wealth Gap
Researchers have found that when you factor race into the equation, the economic gap is even more pronounced.
ALEC’s Attempts to Thwart Obamacare
Wendell Potter is interviewed about ALECu2019s efforts to influence the health care debate.
Taming Capitalism Run Wild
Economist Richard Wolff talks about battling rampant capitalism and fighting for economic justice.
Can the Federal Election Commission Be Saved?
The FEC is in the news with reports that Republicans are trying to force changes that would neutralize it even further.
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The Wall Street Ties of Larry Summers and Timothy Geithner
If Summers is still taking big payments to speak favorably towards corporations, Americans should know about it.
The Faces of America’s Hungry
Kristi Jacobson and Mariana Chilton reveal tragic truths about hunger and food insecurity in America.
Ken Cook on Improving the Chemical Safety Improvement Act
The Chemical Safety Improvement Act, co-sponsored by Senators Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and David Vitter (R-LA), was introduced earlier this year, shortly before Sen. Lautenberg passed away on June 5, …
“We Can’t Survive on $7.25”
Fast food workers in seven U.S. cities are walking off the job this week in what organizers say is the largest strike in the industryu2019s history.
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The Minimum Wage Doesn’t Apply to Everyone
Millions of working Americans make less than minimum wage. In fact, more Americans are exempt from it than actually earn it.