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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.
Unions Are in Peril
The Knox decision is just the latest attack in the ongoing battle against labor. And like the fight in Wisconsin and other states, it focuses on public sector unions …
Inequality Rises as Union Numbers Decline
By now, weu2019ve all heard about the growing disparity between rich and poor u2014 and most of us have felt the effects. This chart, posted by Colin Gordon of …
Bill Moyers: The Cowardly Lions of Free Speech
People haven't lost their voice. They can't afford a voice.
Bill Moyers | Khalil Muhammad on Facing Our Racial Past
Muhammad describes the New York City Police Departmentu2019s u201cStop and Frisku201d program as u201can old and enduring form of surveillance and racial control.u201d
Bill Moyers | Messing With Texas Textbooks
In 2010, the Texas State Board of Education approved over 100 amendments to the social studies and economics curriculum standards.
Thomas Jefferson’s Betrayal
Itu2019s important to remember that, behind the July 4th holiday, are human beings who were as flawed as they were inspired.
In London, Mitt Banks on the Wrong Horse
So what do you get when you combine Mitt Romney, expensive horseflesh, fancy dinners and a financial scandal in the City of London? An interesting confluence of people and …
Bill Moyers | How Citizen Power Can Save a Library
Bill addresses a public library funding crisis, calling attention to a controversial community effort in Michigan to save its own library.
Bill Moyers: Peter Edelman on Fighting Poverty
Bill talks with the author and advocate about continuing efforts to fight poverty, and how to keep the needs of the poor on the American political agenda.
Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith on the Follies of Big Banks and Government
Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith join Bill to discuss how the folly and corruption of both banks and government leaves deep wounds in our democracy.