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On AlterNet: bill moyers

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "bill moyers"

Bill Moyers and James Galbraith: Our Free Market Makes Economic Collapse Inevitable

Bill Moyers and James Galbraith: Our Free Market Makes Economic Collapse Inevitable

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. November 2, 2009.
Until we realize that our system itself is untenable, we'll be doomed to economic meltdowns.

Bill Moyers: We Can't Afford to Escalate the War in Afghanistan

Bill Moyers: We Can't Afford to Escalate the War in Afghanistan

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: Video. November 1, 2009.
The human and financial costs are too great.

Bill Moyers: How Can the U.S. Be an Empire and a Democracy at the Same Time?

Bill Moyers: How Can the U.S. Be an Empire and a Democracy at the Same Time?

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. October 20, 2009.
An interview with Mark Danner, whose new book, Stripping Bare the Body, explores the strange notion of a democratic empire and the wars it wages.

Bill Moyers: Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government?

Bill Moyers: Was the Financial Bailout Just a Slick, Friendly Takeover of the Federal Government?

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. October 12, 2009.
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.

Outrageous: Joe Scarborough Declares War on Bill Moyers, Calls Him

Outrageous: Joe Scarborough Declares War on Bill Moyers, Calls Him "Glenn Beck's Soulmate"

Bob Fertik, Democrats.com AlterNet: PEEK. September 21, 2009.
Joe Scarborough has been attacking Bill Moyers, calling him "shrill," "reckless," and not a real journalist.

Bill Moyers: Mr. President, We Need a Fighter to Take on the Deranged Right-Wing

Bill Moyers: Mr. President, We Need a Fighter to Take on the Deranged Right-Wing

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. September 7, 2009.
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.

Bill Moyers: Money-Driven Medicine - The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much

Bill Moyers: Money-Driven Medicine - The Real Reason Health Care Costs So Much

Bill Moyers, Maggie Mahar, Bill Moyers Journal. September 1, 2009.
Bill Moyers teams up with financial journalist Maggie Mahar and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney to bring you the truth about America's health-care system.

[VIDEO] Money-Driven Medicine: Wall Street Wins; You Lose

[VIDEO] Money-Driven Medicine: Wall Street Wins; You Lose

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. August 31, 2009.
This documentary, aired by Bill Moyers Journal, examines our health-care system through the lens of profit-taking. Wall Street wins; you lose.

Bill Moyers: Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms

Bill Moyers: Dangerous Alliance of Health Industry and Right-Wingers Will Stop at Nothing to Derail Progressive Reforms

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet. July 27, 2009.
As Republicans fire away on health reform, big business is stepping up attacks too, lobbying and advertising guns blazing.

Former Top Insurance Exec Blows the Whistle on Health Insurance Companies’ Plot Against Reform

Former Top Insurance Exec Blows the Whistle on Health Insurance Companies’ Plot Against Reform

Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: Health and Wellness. July 13, 2009.
How health insurance companies sought to discredit Michael Moore's 'SiCKO.'

'The Select Few' Are Cashing in: Shocking Corruption at the Washington Post

'The Select Few' Are Cashing in: Shocking Corruption at the Washington Post

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet. July 12, 2009.
Insiders in Washington are going to keep dealing themselves winning hands until we decide that it isn't allowed.

Bill Moyers: The Rise of Private Armies -- Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bill Moyers: The Rise of Private Armies -- Mercenaries, Murder and Corruption in Iraq and Afghanistan

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. June 9, 2009.
Journalist Jeremy Scahill warns against the growing power of corporate private armies and the "disintegration of the nation state apparatus."

Obama's Questionable Embrace of Mercenary Armies And Where It Might Lead

Obama's Questionable Embrace of Mercenary Armies And Where It Might Lead

Paul Rosenberg, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. June 7, 2009.
In a discussion with Bill Moyers, Jeremy Scahill gives credit to Obama for recognizing the existence of a problem.

Bill Moyers: How Can We Expect an Industry That Profits from Disease and Sickness to Police Itself?

Bill Moyers: How Can We Expect an Industry That Profits from Disease and Sickness to Police Itself?

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet. May 24, 2009.
The health care industry has spent $134 million on lobbying this year to keep its profits high and public health in the shadows.

Bill Moyers Talks Drugs, Crime, Journalism and Democracy with Creator of 'The Wire'

Bill Moyers Talks Drugs, Crime, Journalism and Democracy with Creator of 'The Wire'

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. April 21, 2009.
HBO's critically-acclaimed "The Wire" creator David Simon talks about inner-city crime and politics, storytelling and the future of journalism.

Journalism, the Drug War and Democracy: Bill Moyers' Must-See Interview with 'The Wire' Creator David Simon

Journalism, the Drug War and Democracy: Bill Moyers' Must-See Interview with 'The Wire' Creator David Simon

David Sirota, Open Left AlterNet: PEEK. April 20, 2009.
Simon is firing on all cylinders throughout the interview, but I found this statement on the politics of the drug war particularly poignant.

Moyers Journal: Madoff Was A Piker -- America's Big Banks Are a Far Larger Fraudulent Ponzi Scheme

Moyers Journal: Madoff Was A Piker -- America's Big Banks Are a Far Larger Fraudulent Ponzi Scheme

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. April 6, 2009.
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.

William Greider and Bill Moyers on Washington's Unholy Alliance with Wall Street

William Greider and Bill Moyers on Washington's Unholy Alliance with Wall Street

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal AlterNet: Video. March 31, 2009.
"What do we do now?"

Zombie Banks Are Devouring Our Public Money with No End in Sight

Zombie Banks Are Devouring Our Public Money with No End in Sight

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. March 4, 2009.
What needs to be done to protect the American taxpayer from the next round of multi-hundred billion dollar layoffs.

Abe Foxman: A One-Man Defamation League

Abe Foxman: A One-Man Defamation League

Eric Alterman, The Nation. February 4, 2009.
For the likes of Foxman, any action Israel takes is de facto defensive and solely in the interests of peace, no matter how warlike.

Bill Moyers Volleys Back at Foxman's 'Reprehensible' Smear Tactics on Gaza

Bill Moyers Volleys Back at Foxman's 'Reprehensible' Smear Tactics on Gaza

Lefty Coaster, Daily Kos AlterNet: PEEK. January 18, 2009.
Moyers' eloquent essay willfully misunderstood by the head of the Anti-Defamation League to score a cheap point. Moyers fires back.

Don't Miss These Brilliant Essays on Gaza

Don't Miss These Brilliant Essays on Gaza

Jan Frel, AlterNet. January 15, 2009.
A quick guide to some of the best essays on Israel's assault on Gaza and the larger questions posed by the recent violence.

Bill Moyers: Rage on the Radio, the Shock Jocks Rory O'Connor Has Warned Us About

Bill Moyers: Rage on the Radio, the Shock Jocks Rory O'Connor Has Warned Us About

ZP Heller, Bill Moyers Journal AlterNet: Video. September 14, 2008.
Watch just how damaging right-wing hate speech can be.

Andrew Bacevich: Hard Truths About America Gone Astray

Andrew Bacevich: Hard Truths About America Gone Astray

Paul Rosenberg, Bill Moyers Journal AlterNet: Video. August 19, 2008.
From Bill Moyers Journal.

Bill Moyers Takes Us to the Heart of the Mortgage Meltdown

Bill Moyers, Rick Karr, Bill Moyers Journal AlterNet: Video. July 25, 2008.
Moyers Journal travels to ground zero of the mortgage crisis - Cleveland, Ohio.