By Bill Moyers / Moyers & CompanyOct 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. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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By Frank DorrelSep 27, 2016
The U.S. is addicted to war. Stopping this horrible situation is up to the American people. The way we do this is by getting informed. These documentaries can help. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
By Bill Moyers / TomDispatchSep 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? Dig deeper ( 25 Min. Read )
By Michael Winship / Moyers & CompanySep 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. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )
By Bill Moyers / Moyers and CompanySep 11, 2016
In the wake of the awful attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, while many in New York were still attending memorial services for firefighters and police, while across the country Americans’ cheeks were still stained with tears, the corporate and Washington-based predators were already pursuing private plunder at public expense. Dig deeper ( 22 Min. Read )
By Michael Winship / Moyers & CompanyAug 31, 2016
This new price gouge is the latest example of a corrupt system that hurts regular Americans—but we will hold accountable those who are responsible. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Sarah Jaffe / Moyers & CompanyAug 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.) Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
By Neal Gabler / Moyers & CompanyAug 3, 2016
When male trolls bully their way onto social media and into our elections, who you gonna call? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
By Michael Winship / Moyers & CompanyJul 7, 2016
In all of the 35 single-spaced pages of the Democratic Party’s platform draft, there is just one mention of lobbying. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 4, 2016
"We must speak We must take sides," the late Holocaust survivor, Nobel laureate and author told Bill Moyers in this timeless interview We must take sides". Dig deeper ( 29 Min. Read )
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