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Standing Up for Democracy (#112)

Bill Moyers meets organizers involved with a nationwide citizens' initiative called the 99% Spring. [56 minutes] Closed Captioning


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  • On Winner-Take-All Politics (#101)

    The authors of "How Washington Made the Rich Richer -- And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class." [56 minutes]

  • David Stockman On Crony Capitalism (#102)

    For years, high-ranking administration officials have spun through the revolving door between the White House and American big business. But how have they influenced the regulation of industries from which they came -- and American democracy as a result? This weekend, continuing our sharp multi-episode focus on the intersection of money and politics, Moyers & Company explores the tight connection between Wall Street and the White House with David Stockman, former budget director for President Reagan. Currently a businessman who says he was "taken to the woodshed" for telling the truth about the administration's tax policies, Stockman speaks candidly with Bill Moyers about how money dominates politics, distorting free markets and endangering democracy. "As a result," Stockman says, "we have neither capitalism nor democracy. We have crony capitalism." Stockman shares details on how the courtship of politics and high finance have turned our economy into a private club that rewards the super-rich and corporations, leaving average Americans wondering how it could happen and who's really in charge. "We now have an entitled class of Wall Street financiers and of corporate CEOs who believe the government is there to do... whatever it takes in order to keep the game going and their stock price moving upward," Stockman tells Moyers. Also on the show, Moyers talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times reporter and columnist Gretchen Morgenson on how money and political clout enable industries to escape regulation and enrich executives at the top. Morgenson warned of Wall Street's culpability in the widening income gap back in 2007 on Bill Moyers Journal. BillMoyers.com has that show -- and over a hundred more -- available for free viewing. [56 minutes]

  • Episode #103

    The tight connection between Wall Street and the White House is explored with David Stockman. [56 minutes]

  • How Do Conservatives and Liberals See The World? (#104)

    Moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt on the psychological underpinnings of our contentious culture. [56 minutes]

  • Economic Malpractice and the Millennials (#105)

    Heather McGhee of Demos is a member of the Millennnial generation fighting for financial reforms. [56 minutes]

  • Decoding The Campaigns (#106)

    "Master media decoder" Kathleen Hall Jamieson separates fact from fiction in the national campaigns. [56 minutes]

  • Where Do Movies End and Politics Begin? (#107)

    A discussion of how representations of heroism in movies shape expectations of a U.S. President. [56 minutes]

  • On Winner-Take-All Politics (#108)

    Moyers looks at America's economic disparity to investigate how it happened and who's to blame. [52 minutes]

  • Crony Capitalism (#109)

    President Reagan's former budget director David Stockman discusses how money dominates politics. [52 minutes]

  • How Big Banks Are Rewriting The Rules of Our Economy (#110)

    The mid-90's Citicorp-Travelers merger shows the collusion between government and corporate finance. [52 minutes]

  • Moving Beyond War (#111)

    Iran, the futility of "endless" wars and the rhetoric of American exceptionalism are discussed. [56 minutes]

  • Gambling with Your Money (#113)


  • An Optimist for Our Times (#114)

    A conversation with Angela Blackwell, founder of the influential research center PolicyLink. [56 minutes]

  • The Case for Old-School Faith & Politics (#115)

    The implications of the wayward course of liberal politics and American Christianity are discussed. [56 minutes]

  • Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble (#116)

    Entertainment industry veteran Marty Kaplan discusses how news as entertainment hurts democracy. [56 minutes]

  • Between Two Worlds: Life on the Border (#117)

    Novelist Luis Alberto Urrea sheds light the border culture between the United States and Mexico. [56 minutes]

  • Fighting for Fair Play On TV and Taxes (#118)

    Kathleen Hall Jamieson discusses the role media misinformation will play in the 2012 campaign. [56 minutes]

  • Tom Morello: A Troubadour for Justice (#119)

    Harvard-educated rock guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine discusses social justice. [56 minutes]

  • Reckoning with Torture (#120)

    The Torture Report: What the Documents Say About America's Post-9/11 Torture Program is discussed. [56 minutes]

  • How Do Conservatives and Liberals See The World? (#121)

    Moral psychologist Jonathan Haidt discusses psychological underpinnings of our contentious culture. [52 minutes]

  • Big Money, Big Media, Big Trouble (#122)

    A look at the impact of news that is becoming less about journalism and more about entertainment. [52 minutes]

  • Dark Money In Politics (#123)

    A look at super PACs and the conspiracy of cash that allows the rich to influence politics. [56 minutes]

  • How Big Banks Victimize Our Democracy (#124)

    Rolling Stone editor Matt Taibbi and Yves Smith discusses the corruption of banks and government. [56 minutes]

  • Confronting The Contradictions of America's Past (#125)

    Author Khalil Muhammad discusses the importance of confronting the contradictions of America's past. [56 minutes]

  • Is Labor A Lost Cause? (#126)

    A look at whether labor unions can rebound and act strongly in the interest of ordinary workers. [56 minutes]

  • Banking On Greed (#127)

    Financial expert Sheila Bair discusses the lawlessness of our banking system and potential reform. [56 minutes]

  • America's "Sacrifice Zones" (#128)

    Journalist Chris Hedges discusses communities trapped in despair as a result of capitalistic greed. [56 minutes]

  • What It's Like to Go to War (#129)

    Vietnam veteran, PTSD survivor and author Karl Marlantes provides insight to our modern warriors. [56 minutes]

  • Suppressing The Vote (#130)

    Experts discuss election laws they contend are designed to keep minorities and the poor from voting. [56 minutes]

  • Between Two Worlds: Life on the Border (#131)

    Author Luis Alberto Urrea creates rich accounts of the border culture between Mexico and the US. [54 minutes]

  • Confronting The Contradictions of America's Past (#132)


  • Nuns, Faith, and Politics (#133)

    Robert Royal, editor in chief of The Catholic Thing, discusses the issues of economic inequality. [56 minutes]

  • The Resurrection of Ralph Reed (#134)

    The former head of the Christian Coalition who was connected to Jack Abramoff returns to politics. [56 minutes]

  • Challenging Power, Changing Politics (#135)

    Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala appear. [56 minutes]

  • The One-Percent Court (#136)

    A look at how the uncontested power of the Supreme Court is changing our elections and our lives. [56 minutes]

  • Elections for Sale (#137)

    Campaign finance reform advocate Trevor Potter discusses money and our political system. [56 minutes]

  • United States of Alec (#138)

    An in-depth look at the influential, corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council. [56 minutes]

  • Hispanic America's Turn (#139)

    Univision's Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas discuss the political impact of American Hispanics. [56 minutes]

  • Justice Not Politics (#140)

    James Balog discusses the erosion of glaciers. A judicial system under partisan attack is explored. [56 minutes]

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  • Plutocracy Rising (#141)

    A look at how the super-rich have willfully confused their self-interest with America's interest. [56 minutes]

  • What Did The Debates Tell Us? (#142)

    Kathleen Hall Jamieson and Marty Kaplan discuss the rhetoric and realities of the two campaigns. [56 minutes]

  • On Winner-Take-All Politics (#143)

    How, in a nation as wealthy as America, can the economy simply stop working for people at large, while super-serving those at the very top? This weekend, in an encore broadcast of the premiere episode of Moyers & Company (check local listings), Bill Moyers looks deeper at America's economic disparity to investigate how it happened and who's to blame. His detectives: political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, authors of Winner-Take-All Politics: How Washington Made the Rich Richer - And Turned Its Back on the Middle Class. Through exhaustive research and analysis, Hacker and Pierson - whom Moyers regards as the "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson" of economics - detail important truths behind a 30-year economic assault against the middle class. Moyers calls the book "the best account I've seen of how politicians rewrote the rules to create a winner-take-all economy that favors the 1% over everyone else, putting our once and future middle class in peril." "I think a lot of people know that inequality has grown in the United States. But saying that inequality has grown doesn't begin to describe what's happened," Pierson tells Moyers. Hacker says, "It's not the haves versus the have-nots. It's the have-it-alls versus the rest of Americans." The show includes testimony of middle class Americans at a Senate hearing about the impact of hard times on families, as well as an essay on how Occupy Wall Street reflected a widespread belief that politics no longer works for ordinary people. Uncovering the ways Washington helps the rich get richer. Next on Moyers & Company. [56 minutes]

  • The Election Is Over - Now What? (#144)

    With the election now over, journalist James Fallows discusses what will happen next in Washington. [56 minutes]

  • Hurricanes, Capitalism & Democracy (#145)

    Naomi Kleine, author of "The Shock Doctrine," discusses hurricanes, climate change and democracy. [56 minutes]

  • What It's Like to Go to War (#146)

    Karl Marlantes, a highly-decorated Vietnam veteran and PTSD survivor, discusses our modern warriors. [52 minutes]

  • Big Media's Power Play (#148)

    Senator Bernie Sanders discusses Big Media. Congressman Mickey Edwards talks about the fiscal cliff. [56 minutes]

  • Fiscal Cliffs and Fiscal Realities (#149)

    Independent political and economic analysts Bruce Bartlett and Yves Smith discuss the jobs crisis. [56 minutes]

  • What We Can Learn from Lincoln (#150)

    Tony Kushner, who wrote the screenplay for the film "Lincoln," discusses politics and compromise. [56 minutes]

  • Rewriting The Story of America (#151)


  • Ending The Silence On Climate Change (#152)

    A look at how the NRA and gun merchants continue to strong-arm Congress and state legislatures. [56 minutes]

  • Paul Krugman On Why Jobs Come First (#201)

    The Nobel Prize-winning economist explains why our priority should be getting America back to work. [56 minutes]

  • Fighting The Filibuster (#202)

    Larry Cohen of the Communications Workers of America discusses changing the filibuster rules. [56 minutes]

  • What's Fueling The Modern Abortion Debate? (#203)

    Bill Moyers discusses the changing face of the reproductive rights movement and those it serves. [56 minutes]

  • Are Drones Destroying Our Democracy? (#204)

    Moral and legal implications of using drones to target foreign and American enemies are explored. [56 minutes]

  • Who's Widening America's Digital Divide (#205)

    A look at how the US government allowed media conglomerates to put profit ahead of public interest. [56 minutes]

  • The Fight to Keep Democracy Alive (#206)

    Guests Dan Cantor and Jonathan Soros have joined forces to curb the influence of money on politics. [56 minutes]

  • Taming Capitalism Run Wild (#207)

    Richard Wolff, author of "Capitalism Hits the Fan," discusses how to battle for economic justice. [56 minutes]

  • Fighting Creeping Creationism (#208)

    Religious fundamentalists backed by the Right Wing are finding increasingly stealthy ways to challenge evolution with the dogma of creationism. Their strategy includes passing education laws that encourage teaching creationism alongside evolution, and supporting school vouchers to transfer taxpayer money from public to private schools, where they can push a creationist agenda. But they didn't count on 19-year-old anti-creationism activist Zack Kopplin. From the time he was a high school senior in his home state of Louisiana, Kopplin has been speaking, debating, cornering politicians, and winning the active support of 78 Nobel Laureates, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the New Orleans City Council, and tens of thousands of students, teachers and others around the country. On this week's Moyers & Company (check local listings), the Rice University history major joins Bill to talk about fighting laws and voucher programs that let publicly-funded creationist curriculum in the backdoor. Also on the program, journalist and historian Susan Jacoby talks with Bill about the role secularism and intellectual curiosity have played throughout America's history, a topic explored in her new book, The Great Agnostic: Robert Ingersoll and American Free Thought. [56 minutes]

  • What We Can Learn from Lincoln (#209)

    Tony Kushner, writer of the Oscar-nominated screenplay for "Lincoln," discusses the 16th President. [52 minutes]

  • Ending The Silence On Climate Change (#210)

    Scientist Anthony Leiserowitz describes his efforts to galvanize communities over climate change. [52 minutes]

  • What Has Capitalism Done for Us Lately? (#211)

    Economics Professor Richard Wolff offers smart, blunt talk about the issue of income inequality. [56 minutes]

  • And Justice for Some (#212)

    Attorney and legal scholar Bryan Stevenson exposes the failures in the American legal system. [56 minutes]

  • Mlk's Dream of Economic Justice (#213)

    Historian Taylor Branch and theologian James Cone discuss Dr. King's vision of economic justice. [56 minutes]

  • Living Outside Tribal Lines (#214)

    A report on the striking extremes of wealth and poverty on display in California's Silicon Valley. [56 minutes]

  • A Mother Fights Toxic Trespassers (#215)

    Activist Sandra Steingraber has become known for building awareness about the threats of fracking. [56 minutes]

  • Trading Democracy for "Security" (#216)

    Journalist Glenn Greenwald discusses what the Boston bombings and drone attacks have in common. [56 minutes]

  • The Sandy Hook Promise (#217)


  • How People Power Generates Change (#218)


  • The Toxic Politics of Science (#219)

    "Lead Wars" authors David Rosner and Gerald Markowitz discuss the hazards of industrial pollution. [56 minutes]

  • Going to Jail for Justice (#220)

    Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher discusses civil disobedience and the fight for justice. [56 minutes]

  • Living Outside Tribal Lines (#221)

    A report on the striking extremes of wealth and poverty on display in California's Silicon Valley. [54 minutes]

  • Taming Capitalism Run Wild (#222)

    Economist and author Richard Wolff discusses the disaster left behind after the economic crisis. [54 minutes]

  • Big Brother's Prying Eyes (#223)

    The recent revelations about government spying on phone calls and Internet activity are discussed. [56 minutes]

  • United States of Alec: A Follow-Up (#224)

    A closer look at the American Legislative Exchange Council, a corporate-funded political force. [56 minutes]

  • The Faces of America's Hungry (#225)

    The new documentary, "A Place at the Table," looks at American families facing food insecurity. [56 minutes]

  • Surviving The New American Economy (#226)

    Bill Moyers revisits his reports on two ordinary families whose breadwinners lost well-paying jobs. [56 minutes]

  • Distracted from Democracy (#227)

    Media scholar Marty Kaplan talks about America's well-fed appetite for media distraction. [56 minutes]

  • A New Case for Gun Control (#228)

    Author and advocate Tom Diaz discusses self-defense laws, concealed carry laws and gun violence. [56 minutes]

  • John Lewis Marches On (#229)

    Bill Moyers and Representative John Lewis discusses the momentous March on Washington 50 years ago. [56 minutes]

  • The Faces of America's Hungry (#230)

    The film "A Place at the Table" looks at how hunger hits hard at people from every walk of life. [52 minutes]

  • Taming Capitalism Run Wild (#231)

    Richard Wolff, author of "Capitalism Hits the Fan," discusses how to battle for economic justice. [52 minutes]

  • How People Power Generates Change (#232)

    Organizer Marshall Ganz and economic equality advocates Rachel LaForest and Madeline Janis appear. [56 minutes]

  • America's Gilded Capital (#233)

    Mark Leibovich of The New York Times Magazine discusses Washington, DC's bipartisan lust for power. [56 minutes]

  • John Lewis Marches On (#234)

    Bill Moyers and Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) share experiences about the momentous March on Washington. [56 minutes]

  • What Are We Doing In Syria? (#235)

    Phil Donahue speaks with Deborah Amos and Andrew Bacevich about American intervention in Syria. [56 minutes]

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  • The Collision of Sports and Politics (#236)

    Dave Zirin, sports editor for The Nation, talks about the collision of sports and politics. [56 minutes]

  • Inequality for All (#237)

    Political economist Robert Reich discusses the fiscal meltdown and new film "Inequality for All." [56 minutes]

  • Saving The Earth from Ourselves (#238)

    Greenpeace International Executive Director Kumi Naidoo discusses environmental activism. [56 minutes]

  • Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet (#239)

    Novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic and farmer Wendell Berry is interviewed. [56 minutes]

  • Citizens United: The Sequel (#240)

    Professor Heather Gerken discusses the Supreme Court and McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission. [56 minutes]

  • America's Political Breakdown (#241)

    Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator of the Financial Times, discusses the current DC crisis. [56 minutes]

  • Progressives Pick Up The Pieces (#242)

    Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson discusses banks and the corruption of American capitalism. [56 minutes]

  • The Top Secret Trade Deal You Need to Know About (#243)

    The Trans-Pacific Partnership and its possible effect on trade unions and the economy are examined. [56 minutes]

  • How Dollarocracy Is Destroying America (#244)

    John Nichols and Robert McChesney of Free Press discuss the money and power behind elections. [56 minutes]

  • The Path of Positive Resistance (#245)

    Jill Stein and Margaret Flowers discuss how they fight against political corruption and injustice. [56 minutes]

  • Zombie Politics and Casino Capitalism (#246)

    Henry Giroux discusses his book "Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism." [56 minutes]

  • Wendell Berry: Poet & Prophet (#247)


  • Behind Washington's Closed Doors (#248)

    According to Mark Leibovich, Washington has worked for "a lot of people, a lot very good people, a lot of very bad people, and a lot of very mediocre people." And many who have made the town work for them. Reporting on Washington, D.C. as chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine, Leibovich has written about the city's bipartisan lust for power, cash and notoriety. In his new book, This Town, he shares what the insiders of Washington are doing to the very notion of government of, by, and for the people, and details how Washington became an occupied city, its hold on reality distorted by greed and ambition. He pulls no punches and names names, revealing the movers and shakers and the deals they make, all in the name of crony capitalism. On this week's Moyers & Company (check local listings), Leibovich joins Bill Moyers to reveal what he has learned about a city where money rules and status is determined by who you know and what they can do for you. [52 minutes]

  • Gunfighter Nation (#249)

    Cultural historian Richard Slotkin studies the violence that has taken root in American culture. [56 minutes]

  • Incarceration Nation (#250)

    Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander discusses the mass incarceration of African Americans. [56 minutes]

  • The Pope, Poverty, and Poetry (#251)

    Jesuit-educated author and historian Thomas Cahill gives his perspective on Pope Francis. [56 minutes]

  • State of Conflict: North Carolina (#252)

    Citizen protesters fight back against laws enacted by North Carolina's right wing government. [56 minutes]

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson on the New Cosmos and our Dark Universe (#301)

    Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson discusses the nature of an expanding, accelerating universe. [26 minutes]

  • Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science, Religion and the Universe (#302)

    A conversation with Astrophysicist and science communicator Neil deGrasse Tyson is showcased. [26 minutes]

  • From A Universe of Wonder to the Politics of Earth (#303)


  • David Simon: My Country Is A Horror Show! (#304)

    The journalist and creator of the series "The Wire" discusses the divide between the rich and poor. [26 minutes]

  • Bill McKibben to Obama: Say No to Big Oil (#305)

    Author and environmental activist Bill McKibben shares his thoughts on the Keystone XL pipeline. [26 minutes]

  • Putting Political Corruption On Ice (#306)

    David Simon, creator of the TV series "The Wire," discusses the triumph of capital over democracy. [26 minutes]

  • The Deep State Hiding In Plain Sight (#307)

    Former Capitol Hill insider Mike Lofgren details a government that exists just beneath the surface. [26 minutes]

  • Ian Haney Lopez on the Dog Whistle Politics of Race (#308)

    This week on Moyers & Company (check local listings), author and legal scholar Ian Haney Lopez joins Bill to talk about dog whistle politics and how racism has changed in America since the civil rights era. The dog whistle of racism, says Ian Haney Lopez, is "the dark magic" by which middle-class voters have been seduced to vote against their own economic interests. Politicians have mastered the use of dog whistles - code words that turn Americans against each other while turning America over to plutocrats. And yet, "Dog whistle politics doesn't come out of animus at all." Lopez tells Moyers. "It doesn't come out of some desire to hurt minorities. It comes out of a desire to win votes. And in that sense, I want to start using the term strategic racism. It's racism as a strategy. It's cold, it's calculating, it's considered, it's the decision to achieve one's own ends, here winning votes, by stirring racial animosity." "And here's a hard, difficult truth. Most racists are good people," he claims. "They're not sick. They're not ruled by anger or raw emotion or hatred. They are complicated people reared in complicated societies. They're fully capable of generosity, of empathy, of real kindness. But because of the idea systems in which they're reared, they're also capable of dehumanizing others and occasionally of brutal violence." Ian Haney Lopez, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, is a senior fellow at the policy analysis and advocacy group, Demos. [24 minutes]

  • The Dog Whistle Politics of Race, Part 2 (#309)

    This week on Moyers & Company (check local listings), more from author and legal scholar Ian Haney Lopez as he talks further with Bill about dog whistle politics - code words that use race to turn Americans against each other. Politicians manipulate deep prejudice to rouse hostility against minorities and the government, and summon support for policies that make economic inequality even worse. According to Haney Lopez, "This use of race has allowed an extreme faction of conservatives, those most dedicated to the power of big money, to the power of corporations to not only hijack American democracy, but to hijack the Republican Party." He reviews the use of the dog whistle in recent political history, from the "Southern strategy" developed by Republicans in the 60s and Democratic President Bill Clinton's welfare reform and anti-crime policies, to the tea party movement - which he says has legitimate issues but has "accepted the conservative line that was happened in their lives is really the fault of minorities" -- and current attacks on President Obama's Affordable Care Act: "The subtext is, 'Here comes a black man who exemplifies the way in which the Federal government is now by and for minorities." "Dog whistling" is going to evolve, Haney Lopez says "in a way that brings in certain portions of the Latino population, certain portions of the Asian population, that's what it's likely to do. Unless we start addressing this within minority communities, but also in terms of national politics, we should expect these sorts of racial provocations to continue to define our politics for the next decade, two decades, three decades." Ian Haney Lopez, a professor of law at the University of California, Berkeley, is a senior fellow at the policy analysis and advocacy group, Demos. [24 minutes]

  • No Escaping Dragnet Nation (#310)

    This week on Moyers & Company (check local listings), as Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower and Senator Dianne Feinstein, usually a staunch defender of the intelligence community, loudly and publicly speak out against the intrusion of internet spying, Bill talks with investigative reporter Julia Angwin, author of Dragnet Nation: A Quest for Privacy, Security and Freedom in a World of Relentless Surveillance. Her book chronicles a cyberworld of indiscriminate tracking, where government and business are stockpiling data about us at an unprecedented pace. Today's headlines make Angwin's findings even more relevant and powerful. Julia Angwin set out to see if she could escape the dragnets that were secretly collecting even the most mundane details of her everyday life. She told Google good-bye, unfriended Facebook, unlinked from LinkedIn - and discovered just how difficult it is to untether the electronic umbilical cord and escape scrutiny. Reporters are a prime target for internet snooping, says Angwin, "Journalists are the canary in the coal mine. We're the first ones to seriously feel the impact of total surveillance, which means we can't protect our sources. But what happens next? What happens next is we're not good watch dogs for democracy. And that's a very worrisome situation." She wondered whether government snooping is the price of security: "I thought, 'Okay, let's see, maybe this is really worth it. Maybe we're going to find out that we're really safe.' So I looked at all the literature about government surveillance and crime and how much does it work. And what I found is, it's not particularly effective." Julia Angwin, a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, covered the business and technology beat at The Wall Street Journal for thirteen years, and is now working for the independent news organization ProPublica. [24 minutes]

  • Who's Buying Our Midterm Elections? (#311)

    Journalists Kim Barker and Andy Kroll, have made following campaign money their business. [26 minutes]

  • Public Schools for Sale? (#312)

    Educational policy analyst Diane Ravitch explains why she opposes privatizing public education. [26 minutes]

  • All Work and No Pay (#313)

    Saru Jayaraman of the Restaurant Opportunities Centers United discusses fighting for better wages. [26 minutes]

  • Fighting for the Four Freedoms (#314)

    Harvey J. Kaye discusses President Franklin D. Roosevelt's State of the Union address in 1941. [26 minutes]

  • What The One Percent Don't Want You to Know (#315)

    Paul Krugman discusses "Capital in the Twenty-First Century," a sweeping meditation on inequality. [26 minutes]

  • Putting The Freeze On Global Warming (#316)

    Ellen Dorsey and Thomas Van Dyck discuss the global movement to divest from fossil fuels. [26 minutes]

  • Stuck in the Internet Slow Lane? (#317)

    New FCC rules that reportedly would put a price tag on climbing aboard the Internet are examined. [26 minutes]

  • Time to Get Real On Climate Change (#318)

    Scientist and broadcaster David Suzuki has been sounding the alarm on Global Warming for decades. [26 minutes]

  • The War On Climate Scientists (#319)

    David Suzuki discusses how politicians and big business attempt to censor global warming experts. [26 minutes]

  • Our Heritage of Racism (#320)

    Journalist Ta-Nahisi Coates discusses The Atlantic magazine cover story "The Case for Reparations." [26 minutes]

  • No to Tax Dodgers, Yes to Fair Play (#321)

    Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz discusses cracking down on corporate tax dodgers. [24 minutes]

  • Stiglitz On Tax Reform to Save The Middle Class (#322)


  • Too Big to Fail and Getting Bigger (#323)

    Economist Anat Admat is at the forefront of the debate on how best to regulate American banks. [26 minutes]

  • Chaos In Iraq (#324)

    Guest Andrew Bacevich examines what the crisis in Iraq tells us about America's role in the world. [26 minutes]

  • The Truth Vs. Dc's Propaganda Machine (#325)

    Journalist Charles Lewis discusses the tragic record of American policy in the Middle East. [26 minutes]

  • Grassroots Grow Against Greed (#326)

    Grassroots champions who are fighting the moneyed interests trying to buy government are showcased. [26 minutes]

  • Is The Supreme Court Out of Order? (#327)

    Reporters Linda Greenhouse and Dahlia Lithwick discuss the latest session of the US Supreme Court. [26 minutes]

  • The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights (#328)

    Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards discusses the politics of reproductive freedom. [26 minutes]

  • The Conscience of a Compassionate Conservative (#329)

    Arthur C. Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute discusses the safety net and other issues. [26 minutes]

  • John Lithgow on the Role of a Lifetime (#330)

    Actor John Lithgow discusses playing Shakespeare's "King Lear" in this time of violence and unrest. [26 minutes]

  • Going Home with Maya Angelou (#331)

    Author Maya Angelou returns to her childhood town of Stamps, Arkansas in this footage from 1982. [24 minutes]

  • Facing Evil with Maya Angelou (#332)

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  • No to Tax Dodgers, Yes to Fair Play (#333)

    When it comes to paying taxes, the latest ploy in corporate America's never-ending search for loopholes and escape hatches is "inversion," creative accounting by which companies pretend to be headquartered abroad and make big profits on which they pay little or no US taxes. Inversion is just one more way jobs are being lost overseas and revenue is being drained from government and its services. That's why a recent report by Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz for the Roosevelt Institute is so important. Paying a fair share of taxes and cracking down on corporate tax dodgers, Stiglitz writes, could be a cure for inequality and a faltering economy. This week in an encore presentation of Moyers & Company (check local listings), Stiglitz tells Bill Moyers that Apple, Google, GE and a host of other Fortune 500 companies are creating what amounts to "an unlimited IRA for corporations." He says, "I think we can use our tax system to create a better society, to be an expression of our true values... But if people don't think that their tax system is fair, they're not going to want to contribute. It's going to be difficult to get them to pay. And, unfortunately, right now, our tax system is neither fair nor efficient... We have a tax system that reflects not the interest of the middle. We have a tax system that reflects the interest of the one percent." Joseph Stiglitz's best-selling books, including The Price of Inequality, The Trillion Dollar War and Freefall have shaped worldwide debates on globalization, income inequality and the role of government in the financial marketplace. He is currently a professor at Columbia University, a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute and president of the International Economic Association. Stiglitz served as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under President Bill Clinton, and as chief economist of the World Bank. [26 minutes]

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