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Standing Up For Democracy: How Activists Are Fighting Injustice in America Today

Bill Moyers, AlterNet. April 2, 2012.

Bill Moyers talks with activists about an initiative to open Americans' eyes about income inequality.

Moyers: Why 'We The People' Must Triumph Over Corporate Power

Bill Moyers, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. December 11, 2011.

Bill Moyers reminds us that repairing American democracy begins with reasserting that corporations do not have the same constitutional rights as citizens.

Bill Moyers Discusses Independent Media and Fighting Back Against Unbridled Corporate Greed and Power

Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. June 8, 2011.

Legendary journalist Bill Moyers discusses the transformation of democracy from a citizens' to a consumer society and the importance of non-corporate media.

Moyers and Winship: We Can't Let an Amateur Right-Wing Smear Campaign Destroy NPR

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet. March 18, 2011.

Public media is essential to American life -- without public radio, the reactionaries among us will hold a monopoly on the airwaves.

Bill Moyers: Howard Zinn Taught Us That It's OK If We Face Mission Impossible

Bill Moyers, AlterNet. November 2, 2010.

Moyers: "If you go and do the right thing NOW, and you do it long enough good things will happen -- something's gonna happen."

Can We Count on PBS's New Program 'Need to Know' to Report the Truth?

Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. May 7, 2010.

Billed as part of an effort to "revitalize public media," a new planned public affairs series on PBS hosted by Newsweek editor Jon Meacham has many doubters.

Bill Moyers TV Farewell with Hightower -- The Fight of Our Lives: The Populist Battle with Corporate Power

Bill Moyers, Jim Hightower, Bill Moyers Journal. May 2, 2010.

"We need a lot more agitation. [T]hat's the only thing that succeeds from a progressive side in changing politics in America."

Bill Moyers, Giant of Television, Retires

Eric Alterman, The Nation. April 28, 2010.

He's been lauded as the Murrow of his generation. With his April 30 retirement from PBS, TV journalism will lose a unique and relentless explorer of American politics and culture.

Moyers: Six Banks Control 60% of Gross National Product -- Is the U.S. at the Mercy of an Unstoppable Oligarchy?

Bill Moyers, Bill Moyers Journal. April 23, 2010.

Moyers and economists James Kwak and Simon Johnson wonder whether the financial powers are more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever.

The Tea Party Crowd Needs to Wake Up to Who the Real Villains Are

Bill Moyers, Michael Winship, AlterNet. April 16, 2010.

The Wall Street banks are the new American oligarchy -- but the Tea Party crowd can't seem to see it.

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

AlterNet Staff, AlterNet. 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, 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. 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, 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

deleted, AlterNet. 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, ThinkProgress. July 13, 2009.

How health insurance companies sought to discredit Michael Moore's 'SiCKO.'