Bill Maher interviews Bill Moyers
I don’t know how much longer this will remain on YouTube, as HBO tends to yank things down pretty quickly, but I wanted to pass this along. It’s brilliant, sobering stuff. [Parts 2 and 3 can be found...
View ArticleBill Moyers and Michael Winship call it treason
From a piece on the Huffington Post by Moyers and Winship: On Tuesday, October 13, the Senate Finance Committee finally is scheduled to vote on its version of health care insurance reform. And therein...
View ArticleFollowing the money with Bill Moyers
I’m on a Bill Moyers kick tonight. Every path I head down seems to lead to him. Right now, I’m watching footage of Bill with progressive Representative from Ohio, Marcy Kaptur, and former Chief...
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Bill Moyers on plutocracy
Bill Moyers spoke at Boston University a week or so ago, on the occasion of the the first Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture. Here’s video, for those of you who haven’t seen it yet.Watch this video on...
View ArticleCelebrating two years of corporate rule under the terms dictated by Citizens...
It’s been two years since the Supreme Court decided the Citizens United case, giving corporations the ability to spend unprecedented amounts of money to influence American elections. Here, with some...
View ArticleI can’t sleep, so I’m watching Bill Moyers and Matt Taibbi… which isn’t helping
Bill Moyers’ most recent show was about how big banks are victimizing democracy. If you’re looking to get to sleep tonight, I’d suggest watching something else.Here’s a clip: BILL MOYERS: Both of you...
View ArticleBill Moyers on the Supreme Court’s decision not to revisit Citizens United
Bill Moyers, if you haven’t seen it yet, shared a great essay a few days ago, on the Citizen’s United decision, which gave corporations and wealthy individuals the go-ahead to invest unlimited sums of...
View ArticleBernie Sanders on the threat of oligarchy and why we need to push Obama...
I know I should be typing up my notes about last night’s 10th anniversary party, but I’m watching Bill Moyers interview Bernie Sanders, and I’m finding it difficult to work up the motivation to do...
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Robert Reich on income inequality, his new film, and the need to get money...
For those of you without access to public television, Bill Moyers celebrated the fifth anniversary of “the fiscal meltdown that almost tanked the world economy” a few days ago by speaking with my hero,...
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Charter schools are putting both our children and our democracy at risk, says...
A few days ago, education historian Diane Ravitch, a former Assistant Secretary of Education under the first President Bush, was interviewed by Bill Moyers on the subject of school privatization. In...
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Is the charter school industry paying off Michigan politicians to avoid...
There’s a coordinated attempt afoot to dismantle America’s system of public education, and Michigan Republicans, for the past several years, have been at the forefront, passing laws to weaken our...
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Stop Pruitt before he can kill the EPA for Big Oil
Calling your Senators works… By all accounts, Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski [Alaska] and Susan Collins [Maine] are going against the wishes of their party to vote in opposition of Secretary of...
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