Stories by Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers interviews Thomas Frank on how our short attention span has allowed conservatives to escape blame for their role in the economic meltdown.

Zinn: "Democracy doesn't come from the top. It comes from the bottom. Democracy is not what governments do. It's what people do."

A fascinating and wide-ranging discussion with Jane Goodall on what chimps tell us about human beings and what we must do to save these animals from extinction.

Until we realize that our system itself is untenable, we'll be doomed to economic meltdowns.

Moyers interviews Rep. Marcy Kaptur, a hero of Michael Moore's latest documentary, and former IMF head Simon Johnson on Wall Street's purchase of our democracy.

This health care thing is make or break for your leadership, but for us, it's life and death. No more Mr. Nice Guy, Mr. President.

As Republicans fire away on health reform, big business is stepping up attacks too, lobbying and advertising guns blazing.

We talk about violence committed in the name of bigotry or religion. But what about the deadly firepower available to the killers?

The health care industry has spent $134 million on lobbying this year to keep its profits high and public health in the shadows.

One of America's top bank fraud experts explains the financial industry's "liar's loans" and wholesale greed that got us in this mess.

Can change happen when the usual suspects are piling up money like sandbags against the public's clamor for a better deal? We'll find out.

Author Bill Greider explains to Moyers that the magic of the "free market" is coming to a close.

Oh, no, they told us, Iraq isn't a war about oil. That's cynical and simplistic, they said. It's about terror and al-Qaeda and toppling a dictator.

For all of America's shortcomings, we keep telling ourselves, "The system works." Now all bets are off.

Moyers: Journalists' "deeper mission is to uncover the news that powerful people would prefer to keep hidden."

When it comes to money and power, Rupert Murdoch is carnivorous: all appetite and no taste. He'll eat anything in his path.

Unless we choose to renew our commitment to America's deepest values, the day will come when we no longer recognize the country we love.

Moyers addresses the Bush administration's obsession with secrecy and its bullying and manipulation of PBS.

Washington is a divided city -- not between north and south as in Lincoln's time, but between those who can buy all the government they want and those who can't even afford a seat in the bleachers.