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Bill Moyers and Richard Trumka: Americans Need Jobs -- Does Obama Finally Get It?

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. February 1, 2010.

Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO and Bill Moyers discuss the drastic steps Obama must take to quell the frustration and anger over joblessness.

Bill Moyers & Thomas Frank: How America's Demented Politics Let the GOP Off the Hook for Their Giant Mess

Bill Moyers, Thomas Frank, Bill Moyers Journal. January 19, 2010.

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

Howard Zinn and Bill Moyers on Right-Wing Demagogues and Progressive Resistance

Bill Moyers, Howard Zinn, Bill Moyers Journal. December 15, 2009.

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

Bill Moyers: We Have a Nobel Peace President Who Won't Ban Land Mines

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, Bill Moyers Journal. December 11, 2009.

The Nobel Committee said Obama won the prize for his respect of international law and his efforts at disarmament, yet he won't even sign on to end a barbaric weapon.

30,000 More Troops? Obama Gives Orders For New Afghan Strategy

Agence France PresseNovember 30, 2009.

Obama has already ordered the new strategy implemented and is informing the leaders of Russia, Britain and France of his plans.

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, 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 "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, 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, 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

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

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, 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

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, 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, 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

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

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

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

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

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.