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The Vaccination Nation
(Photo: Moyers & Co.) We haven’t even turned the page on the controversy over contraceptives, health care and religious freedom, when another thorny one arises involving personal …
How Pop Culture Influences Political Expectations
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Mesa, Arizona on February 13, 2012. Film historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins …
Bill Moyers Programming Note: Popular Culture and Political Culture
How does pop culture not only reflect, but influence political culture? On this weekend’s Moyers & Company (check local listings), historian and culture critic Neal Gabler joins Bill to …
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Mike Daisey Takes a Bite Out of Apple
If you would seek proof of that famous Margaret Mead adage: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only …
Bill Moyers Interviews Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry (Video)
Rita Dove on the Power of Poetry from BillMoyers.com on Vimeo. TRANSCRIPT: BILL MOYERS: From the combative, ferocious and vituperative field of politics, we repair to a quieter …
Kathleen Hall Jamieson: Campaign Misinformation
Kathleen Hall Jamieson shares more eye-opening political analysis, including positive outcomes of both the Republican debates and some Fox News coverage, how audience participation at a debate distorts its …
Bill Moyers: Freedom of and From Religion
The president did something agile and wise the other day. And something quite important to the health of our politics. He reached up and snuffed out what some folks …
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Money Throws Democracy Overboard
(Image: Jared Rodriguez / Truthout) Watching what’s happening to our democracy is like watching the cruise ship Costa Concordia founder and sink slowly into the sea off …
Bill Moyers: Where the Right Went Wrong
Conservative economist Bruce Bartlett. (Photo: Moyers & Co.) Among the people who saw this crisis coming was the conservative economist Bruce Bartlett, the supply-side champion who wrote …
Bill Moyers: Economic Malpractice and the Millennials
There are 80-plus million Americans today who were born roughly between 1978 and 2000, and they’re getting hit hard by economic circumstances created over the past 30 years. The …