bill moyers

Experience ‘RIKERS,’ Face to Face

Oct 11, 2016
For the first time in an extended documentary, former detainees at Rikers Island talk directly into the camera about their experience in New York City’s largest and most notorious jail.
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We the Plutocrats vs. We the People

Sep 12, 2016
How would I help my fellow Americans recoup their sanity, come home to democracy, and help build the sort of moral compact embodied in the preamble to the Constitution, that declaration of America’s intent and identity?

The Lost Innocence of 9/11

Sep 12, 2016
The renewed patriotism and commitment we felt 15 years ago has decayed, sullied by jingoism, xenophobia and paranoid fantasies about race and religion.

Trickle-Down Election Economics: How Big Money Can Affect Small Races

Aug 23, 2016
Most of our attention is on the incendiary presidential race, which has overshadowed the importance of so-called “down-ballot” races for seats in Congress and state legislatures. But it's likely that massive amounts of outside money, some of it untraceable to its source, will be brought to bear on the outcomes. (Pictured, Zephyr Teachout, who is facing a well-funded rival in a House race.)