Rank #1: Khalil Gibran Muhammad on Our Crisis of Racial Justice
I paid a visit to New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture recently to help a large gathering of the Schomburg’s devoted friends and visitors say goodbye — very reluctantly — to Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad. He’s been the beloved director of the Schomburg for the past five years and has done much to expand the reach and the influence of the Harlem institution that devotes itself to researching and disseminating the history of African Americans. But Muhammad is also a scholar and he is now eager to evaluate everything he has gleaned about the contemporary concerns of black America from a new vantage point. He’s on his way to join Harvard University’s faculty as a professor of history, race and public policy at the Kennedy School of Government.
Jul 08 2016
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Rank #2: Putting the Freeze on Global Warming
Two leaders of the climate change divestment campaign are urging institutions to break ties with the fossil fuel industry.
Apr 25 2014
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Rank #3: The Book That Explains Why Voters Are So Angry (and Why They Have a Right to Feel That Way)
Here’s what the 2016 election should be about: Winner-Take-All Politics — How Washington Made the Rich Richer and Turned Its Back on the Middle Class. It’s a groundbreaking account of how our political system was hijacked by the super rich and engineered to work for them at the expense of everyone else. Two of our top political scientists – Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson – published it four years ago to wide acclaim.
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Rank #4: United States of ALEC — A Follow-Up
Get updated on the secretive scheme to remake America by changing its laws, one state house at a time.
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Rank #5: Maya Angelou on Facing Evil
Bill Moyers revisits a 1988 documentary in which he and Maya Angelou attended a conference held in the Hill Country of central Texas. Watch the first program: Going Home With Maya Angelou
Aug 14 2014
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Rank #6: The Faces of America’s Hungry
The tragic truth about hunger, food insecurity and poverty in America.
Jun 28 2013
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Rank #7: How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class
In part two of his interview, economist Joseph E. Stiglitz says corporate tax abuse has helped make America unequal and undemocratic. But the Nobel Prize-winner has a plan to change that. Watch part one of Bill's interview with Stiglitz
Jun 06 2014
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Rank #8: Is the Supreme Court Out of Order?
Following several high-profile, controversial decisions, Bill speaks to NY Times columnist Linda Greenhouse and Slate's Dahlia Lithwick about the agenda of the Roberts court.
Jul 11 2014
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Rank #9: Keeping Faith in Democracy
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Marilynne Robinson talks to Bill about what the title character of her new book Lila, says about the state of democracy in America.
Oct 17 2014
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Rank #10: Joseph E. Stiglitz Calls for Fair Taxes for All
The Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz on why America’s future prosperity depends on tax reform today. Watch part two of Bill's interview with Stiglitz
May 30 2014
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Rank #11: No Escaping Dragnet Nation
A year ago, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents on America's mass surveillance program. Investigative reporter Julia Angwin tells Bill what surprised her most about the revelations.
Mar 14 2014
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Rank #12: The Toxic Politics of Science
Bill explores why lead and other toxins continue to threaten America. Also, how money still secretly rules Washington.
May 13 2013
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Rank #13: Climate Change — Faith and Fact
Christian and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bill about ending the gridlock between politics, science and faith.
Sep 12 2014
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Rank #14: Too Big to Jail?
A veteran bank regulator lays bare how Washington and Wall Street are joined in a culture of corruption.
Oct 03 2014
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Rank #15: The Lies That Lead to War
This week Bill speaks with investigative journalist Charles Lewis about why facts, logic and reason are often missing in the rush to war.
Jun 27 2014
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Rank #16: The New Robber Barons
Washington continues to reward wealthy donors and Wall St but what about everyday Americans? Author and historian Steve Fraser has answers.
Dec 19 2014
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Rank #17: Encore: How Tax Reform Can Save the Middle Class
In part two of his interview, Joseph E. Stiglitz says corporate abuse of our tax system has helped make America unequal and undemocratic. But the Nobel Prize-winning economist has a plan to change that. Watch part one
Aug 28 2014
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Rank #18: All Work and No Pay
Did you know the federal minimum wage for millions of restaurant workers is $2.13 an hour? Advocate Saru Jayaraman says that's not only unfair but unsafe.
Apr 04 2014
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Rank #19: The Long, Dark Shadows of Plutocracy
From luxury skyscrapers -- taller, more expensive and exclusive than ever before -- the dark shadows of plutocracy are spreading across the commons of democracy.
Nov 28 2014
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Rank #20: How People Power Generates Change
Activists Marshall Ganz, Rachel LaForest and Madeline Janis share how organized people can successfully fight organized money.
May 10 2013
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