Stories by Michael Winship

Michael Winship is senior writing fellow at Demos and a senior writer of the new series, Moyers & Company, airing on public television. subscribe to Michael Winship's feed

Visiting Las Vegas Still Causes Culture Shock, But Now, a Lot of it is About Guns

Posted on: Jun 25, 2013, Source: Bill Moyers

Nevada’s just one of the states where the heavy hand of the gun lobby slaps down the majority.

Moyers/Winship: Corporate Greed Is Poisoning America — Literally

Posted on: May 20, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

As long as there are insufficient checks and balances on big business and its powerful lobbies, we are at their mercy.

We Can't Let Hatred and Gun Paranoia Silence Our Great Democracy

Posted on: May 10, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

Drop your weapons and celebrate that we live in a country where peaceful change is still possible.

How We Ended Up with the Worst Congress Money Can Buy

Posted on: Apr 26, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

Failed gun control legislation and a fertilizer plant explosion reveal how poisoned by big money our government is.

Martin Luther King's Greatest Dream Has Been Obscured by the Marble Monuments We've Erected to Him

Posted on: Apr 11, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

The Reverend dreamed of economic equality and happiness for ALL.

40 Years After Watergate, It's Almost Impossible to Hold Government Accountable

Posted on: Mar 30, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

Many believe it will take another scandal the size of Watergate, or worse, to get us back on track.

Can We Trust Treasury Secretary Jack Lew?

Posted on: Mar 8, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

Lew is,like so many of our recent treasury secretaries, deeply immersed in the old boy nexus of Wall Street and government.

Moyers & Winship: Here's an Idea -- Let's Tax the Earnings of Politicians Turned Lobbyists

Posted on: Feb 26, 2013, Source: Moyers & Company

It’s a wonder all of Washington doesn’t lie prostrate in the streets, overcome by vertigo from all the spinning back and forth.

America's Outrageous Imperial Drone Warfare

Posted on: Feb 13, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

Each innocent killed by drone attacks is a victim of hubris.

Barack Obama, Drone Ranger

Posted on: Feb 2, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

As Zero Dark Thirty has triggered a debate over torture, hopefully John Brennan's confirmation hearings raise drone critics.

Big Pharma Buys Off The Senate

Posted on: Jan 25, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

An eleventh-hour loophole in the "fiscal cliff" deal confirms our worst suspicions about how Congress operates.

Look Which Corporations Are Chipping in for the Inaugural Shindig

Posted on: Jan 20, 2013, Source: Moyers and Company

AT&T and ExxonMobil are in good company.

The Shady Inside Deals That Are Protecting Goldman Sachs at Your Expense

Posted on: Jan 12, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

They’re privately protecting their interests as they publicly urge austerity on everyone else.

Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: We’d All Be Packing Heat If the NRA Had Its Way

Posted on: Jan 4, 2013, Source: BillMoyers.com

Even life and death are measured by profit margins, so the organization's cure for gun violence shouldn't surprise.

Freedomworks Debacle: Tea Party Fractures Laid Bare

Posted on: Jan 2, 2013, Source: Moyers & Company

The hubbub at FreedomWorks, an instrumental force within the Tea Party, shows just how bankrupt conservative ideology really is.

Bill Moyers: Washington's Corruption Is Hazardous to Our Health

Posted on: Dec 14, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

The revolving door can be deadly.

Bill Moyers: FCC May Give Murdoch a Very Merry Christmas - Two of the Last Big Newspapers in America

Posted on: Dec 5, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

An outrageous media consolidation scandal is in the works.

Moyers: How Corporations and Right-Wing Groups Take Aim at Judges Whose Rulings They Dislike

Posted on: Oct 15, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

There’s a movement afoot to punish judges for decisions that offend political partisans.

Bill Moyers: We Are Killing American Kids -- Will Someone Ask Romney and Obama About That?

Posted on: Oct 10, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

There are two more presidential debates. They will be yet another hoax unless someone asks “Why are we killing the kids that don’t need to die?”

Campaign Cash Pouring into TV Ads by the Billions

Posted on: Oct 2, 2012, Source: AlterNet

That ringing in your ears isn’t church bells or a touch of tinnitus. It’s the sound of campaign cash registers all over the country.

Democracy for Sale

Posted on: Sep 23, 2012, Source: Moyers & Company

Mitt's clandestine video grabbed all the attention this week, but money -- much of it dark -- rules both campaigns.

Bill Moyers: Christian Right Hypocrite Ralph Reed Has Resurrected Himself in the GOP -- He Must Be Praying We'll Forget His Past

Posted on: Aug 31, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Reviving Reed's sordid role in defending sweatshops that exploited women in the Mariana Islands.

Bill Moyers: How America Forgot Its Poor

Posted on: Aug 24, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Why don't we hear Obama speak about poor people?

Colorado Shootings: Latest Evidence That America Is Poisoned by the NRA's Dark Gun Culture

Posted on: Jul 20, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

There are some 300 million guns in the United States, one in four adult Americans owns at least one and most of them are men.

There's No Hiding It: Citizens United Wasn't About "Speech" -- It Was About Takeover of American Democracy

Posted on: Jul 14, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Three things don’t go together: Money. Secrecy. Democracy. That’s the nub of the matter.

Moyers: How the 1% Is Buying Our Democracy

Posted on: Jun 15, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

A handful of very rich people plan to buy our elections. What happened to our democracy?

Pity the Poor Billionaires: Ultra-Rich Whine About Having Their Massive Campaign Donations Exposed

Posted on: Jun 3, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Since 1979, 377 members of the Forbes 400 list of richest Americans have given almost half a billion dollars to candidates of both parties, most of it in the last decade.

Bill Moyers: When Will Americans Face the Horrific Truth? We're a Nation of Torturers

Posted on: May 25, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

If we really want to honor the Americans who gave their lives fighting for their country, we must redouble our efforts to make sure we’re worthy of their sacrifice.

Bill Moyers: The Ghost of Joe McCarthy in Today's Republican Party

Posted on: Apr 26, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Tea Party favorite Allen West was asked at a local gathering how many of his fellow members of Congress are “card-carrying Marxists or International Socialists.”

Moyers: Media Giants Fight Proposal That Could Shed Light on Who's Buying Our Elections

Posted on: Apr 18, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

The new rule would require the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox affiliates in the top 50 markets to make their files on political advertising available on line immediately.

Moyers: Wall Street's Massive Freak Out When Asked to Pay Their Fair Share

Posted on: Apr 12, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Former allies are turning on the president now that he wants to close gaping tax loopholes for the 1 percent.

Wall Street Attack: Big Banks Shower Congress With Money to Water Down Reform

Posted on: Apr 6, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Special interests spread money like manure on the campaign trails of key members of Congress.

Big Media Is Raking in Billions on Political Ads -- Here's a Way to Take Back the Airwaves That Belong to All of Us

Posted on: Mar 30, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

It's a business that values the almighty dollar over public service. Let's change that.

Moyers: PBS Must Return Hard-Hitting Documentaries to Prime Time

Posted on: Mar 23, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

The creativity and unique visions of life captured by independent producers, journalists and filmmakers deserve the best possible platform on public television.

Can Banks Withstand Another Financial Shake? They're Working With Political Leaders to Make Sure You Don't Find Out the Answer

Posted on: Mar 6, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

There is resistance from banks and certain members of Congress to releasing information that could keep us from the edge of yet another economic meltdown.

Moyers: How Fear of Science Can Destroy Us

Posted on: Feb 29, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

Parents are increasingly opting out of vaccinating their kids. Here's why that's dangerous for the world.

"The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs" How One Artist Is Pushing Apple to Change

Posted on: Feb 24, 2012, Source: Salon

Mike Daisey's one-man show has galvanized public opinion against the electronic giant's labor practices.

Moyers: Meet the Shameless Plutocrats Choking What's Left of Our Democracy

Posted on: Feb 14, 2012, Source: BillMoyers.com

The race for the White House may cost more than two billion dollars. What’s getting trampled into dust are the voices of people who aren't rich.

Inside the Bacchanalian Wall Street Fraternity Party of Billionaire Bankers and Hedge Fund Predators

Posted on: Jan 30, 2012, Source: AlterNet

It may be bleak on Main Street, but Wall Street's partying like it's 2006.

Obama's Favorite Wall Streeters

Posted on: Jan 23, 2012, Source: Moyers & Company

We’ve already made our choice for the best headline of the year, so far: “Citigroup Replaces JPMorgan as White House Chief of Staff.”

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