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Bill Moyers: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics (Audio)

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2016 In an audio interview, journalist Bill Moyers sat down with historian Rick Shenkman to talk about the brain of the American voter and what is firing its synapses during this extraordinary primary season. Dig deeper ( 28 Min. Read )

Panama Papers Offer More Evidence That Free Trade Isn’t Really Free

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2016 As much as President Clinton and President Obama like to talk about "free trade" deals, the truth is that the working class ends up paying. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

It’s Time for Democrats Rahm Emanuel and Debbie Wasserman Schultz to Go

Staff / Truthdig Mar 23, 2016 They represent everything wrong with the Democratic Party. Hillary Clinton should tell them to take a hike. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Sanders’ Call to Rein In Wall Street, Artfully Clear (VIDEO)

By Donna Smith / Common Dreams Feb 10, 2016 At the heart of the matter is Bernie calling out the way Wall Street money has corrupted our democracy and perhaps most especially our election process. So when I went looking for ways to illustrate how that might have come into play on issues of deep concern to me, I found something that was instructive. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Let’s Ask Obama to Give This Speech Next

By Bill Moyers / Moyers and Co. Jan 29, 2016 It's time for the president to make federal contractors disclose their political spending. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

A Drone Protester Heads to Jail

By Bill Moyers / Common Dreams Jan 22, 2016 Mary Anne Grady Flores, 59, will serve six months for photographing a peaceful protest outside Hancock Field Air National Guard Base near Syracuse, N.Y., where the U.S. trains pilots to launch drone strikes in the Middle East, particularly in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tell the Truth About Bernie’s Health Care Stand

By Bill Moyers, Michael Winship / Common Dreams Jan 18, 2016 The Clinton campaign just made a serious mistake: It sent Hillary and Bill Clinton’s daughter, Chelsea, out on behalf of her mother to bash Sen. Bernie Sanders on the issue of health care -- and the ploy backfired. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Plutocrats Are Winning. Don’t Let Them!

By Bill Moyers / Common Dreams Dec 28, 2015 The vast inequality that the plutocrats and the oligarchs are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people. This is the fight of our lives, and how it ends is up to us. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

New Hope for the Climate Crusade

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jan 4, 2015 A promising new legal framework that recognizes Earth's ecologies as a public trust could compel local and state legislators to take action to protect the planet by convincing courts that environmental protection is the responsibility of the government. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )