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Moyers on Democracy

Moyers on Democracywww.billmoyers.com
Bill Moyers and others from our team in conversation with writers, academics, activists and other big thinkers about the issues of vital concern to our democracy.
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Bill Moyers and David Daley on Stealing the Vote

"I think that there is a big connection between down and dirty politics, and where we go from here. We have to be careful that in this moment, a public health crisis, doesn't also turn into a full blown constitutional crisis. And there's lots of evidence that it may well turn in that direction." — Journalist David Daley, author of "Unrigged" Bill Moyers and David Daley on voter suppression. Read the full transcript at https://billmoyers.com/story/coronavirus-voting-rights-election-gerrymandering...

Apr 08, 202046 min

Neil Barofsky and Bill Moyers on Bailouts

Neil Barofsky was TARP’s chief inspector general, its top cop, with a mandate to flush out waste, fraud and abuse, now he talks with Bill Moyers about the CARES act.

Apr 01, 202050 min

Bill Moyers and Dahlia Lithwick on the Rule of Law

As the coronavirus stalks America, Dahlia Lithwick talks with Bill Moyers about the rule of law and politics. Lithwick is a Supreme Court watcher, senior editor at Slate.com, and a contributing editor for Newsweek. She’s been honored as one of the country’s best legal commentators.

Mar 23, 202043 min

Losing Reality: Can We Get the Truth Back?

This being the Trump era, we find ourselves once again engulfed in two realities. There’s the reality of a spiraling global challenge from coronavirus, and there’s the ALTERNATE reality created by the president and his political and propaganda empire. They are spreading a virus of their own, lulling true believers into complacent ignorance with lies and misinformation. In this conversation, Bill Moyers talks with psychiatrist and author Robert Jay Lifton about the dueling realities in today's Am...

Mar 04, 202049 min

Bill Moyers: Campaign Finance Reform — It's Not Just Liberals Anymore

When I first met Richard Painter some months ago, I thought he must be the loneliest man in the Republican Party. He’s a conservative, and of course, I’m not. But he believes, as I do, that there’s too much money in politics. Now, political insiders know Richard Painter well as President George W. Bush’s White House counselor and chief ethical advisor. He’s now teaching law at the University of Minnesota, and he’s causing heads to turn with a book advocating that we reduce the power of big money...

Apr 20, 201638 min

Naomi Klein on Our Hotter, Meaner Future, and How to Avoid It

Moyers & Company's Michael Winship writes: A week and a half ago, just as a blizzard was barreling up the East Coast, I traveled to my hometown, Canandaigua, NY, and before a standing-room-only audience of more than 400 at Finger Lakes Community College, had a conversation with author and climate activist Naomi Klein. Our talk was part of the George M. Ewing Forum, named in honor of the late editor and publisher of our local newspaper. He was a worldly and informed man, dedicated to good tal...

Feb 03, 20161 hr 1 min

The Children’s Climate Crusade

The very agencies created to protect our environment have been hijacked by the polluting industries they were meant to regulate. It may just turn out that the judicial system, our children and their children will save us from ourselves. The new legal framework for this crusade against global warming is called atmospheric trust litigation. It takes the fate of the Earth into the courts, arguing that the planet’s atmosphere – its air, water, land, plants and animals — are the responsibility of gov...

Dec 23, 201423 min
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