Bill Moyers Journal . Archive

Topic(s): journalism

Barry Lopez
Acclaimed author Barry Lopez joins Bill Moyers to discuss nature, spirit and the human condition. Lopez is an essayist, author and short-story writer, whose many books include ARCTIC DREAMS, winner of the National Book Award and OF WOLVES AND MEN, a National Book Award finalist.

Topic(s): arts, environment, philosophy, religion, science

Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI)
The Journal also travels to Iowa where one group has been helping ordinary citizens fight for change for more than three decades.

Topic(s): agriculture, bailout, community organizing, economy, environment, labor

Jim Hightower
Bill Moyers sits down with populist Jim Hightower to look at the history and legacy of people's movements and discuss how ordinary people can reclaim political power.

Topic(s): civil liberties, civil rights, community organizing, government, inequality, money and politics, politics, populism

April 23, 2010

FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
As Big Telecom tightens its grip over broadband, is your access to the Web at risk? Bill Moyers talks with FCC commissioner Michael Copps to discuss the future of 'net neutrality', the fight for more democratic media and the future of journalism in the digital age.

Topic(s): civil liberties, corporate ethics, FCC, Internet, journalism, law, media, money and politics

Moyers on Deepening the American Dream
A Bill Moyers Essay.

Topic(s): American Dream, civil liberties, civil rights, community organizing, democracy

William K. Black on Fraud
As President Obama makes the case for strong financial reform, Bill Moyers sits down with veteran regulator William K. Black, who says Wall Street is already been breaking current rules.

Topic(s): bailout, Congress, courts, credit industry, economy, money and politics

April 16, 2010

Moyers on the True Costs of War
Bill Moyers on one mayor's efforts to make the cost of Afghanistan and Iraq manifest in his town of Binghamton, New York.

Topic(s): Afghanistan, Congress, defense, deficit, education, government, milltary, money and politics, politics, social services, taxes

Simon Johnson and James Kwak on Bank Reform
How did Big Finance grow so powerful that its hijinks nearly brought down the global economy � and what hope is there for real reform with Washington politicians on Wall Street's payroll? Bill Moyers talks with authors Simon Johnson and James Kwak, two of the nation's most respected economic experts and authors of the new book 13 BANKERS: THE WALL STREET TAKEOVER AND THE NEXT FINANCIAL MELTDOWN.

Topic(s): Congress, corporate ethics, courts, credit industry, economy, money and politics, politics, Wall Street

April 9, 2010

Andrew J. Bacevich
Historian, international relations expert and former US Army Colonel Andrew J. Bacevich returns to the JOURNAL to discuss America's long war in Afghanistan

Topic(s): Afghanistan, defense, democracy, foreign affairs, government, Iraq, Middle East, milltary, politics, terrorism, veterans, White House

Endangered Languages
More about endangered languages and the Ojibwe Vocabulary Project.

Topic(s): culture, globalization, history, Native Americans

Louise Erdrich
Renowned for her mastery of multiple genres -- including thirteen novels, poetry, children's literature, and a memoir of early motherhood ? Louise Erdrich discusses how her Native American heritage and unique cultural experience has impacted her life, motherhood, and work

Topic(s): arts, history, literature, Native Americans, women

Photo Essay: Louise Erdrich
View photos of Louise Erdrich's family, life and times.

Topic(s): arts, history, literature, Native Americans, women

Web Exclusive: Andrew Bacevich Extended Interview
In a web exclusive continuation of his conversation with Bill Moyersl Andrew J. Bacevich reflects on the politics of war.

Topic(s): Afghanistan, defense, democracy, foreign affairs, history, Iraq, milltary, money and politics, politics, war

April 2, 2010

American Inequality
Another study, THE SPIRIT LEVEL by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett, shows that the US has the greatest income inequality among the major developed countries. Get the stats and read an interview with the authors.

Topic(s): culture, economy, education, history, inequality, psychology

Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander
In the months before his death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had expanded his focus on racial justice to include reducing economic inequality. On this week's 42nd anniversary of King's assassination, Bill Moyers sits down with attorneys Bryan Stevenson and Michelle Alexander to discuss how far we've really come as a country, how poor and working class Americans have been falling behind and what America must do to fulfill Dr. King's vision.

Topic(s): civil rights, courts, democracy, economy, education, history, inequality, law, race, social services, war on drugs, prisons

Moyers on Inequality
A Bill Moyers essay.

Topic(s): American Dream, bailout, civil rights, corporate ethics, economy, education, inequality, money and politics, Wall Street

Reflections on King's Dreams
Revisit Dr. King's evolving theories of social and economic justice through his speeches. Plus, a Bill Moyers essay.

Topic(s): American Dream, civil rights, democracy, economy, education, employment, inequality, law, politics, race, social services, war, war on drugs, prisons

U.S. Prisons and Drug Laws
The U.S. has five percent of the world's population and 25 percent of the world's prisoners -- how did we get here?

Topic(s): civil liberties, civil rights, courts, inequality, Justice Department, race, war on drugs, prisons, youth

March 26, 2010

Gretchen Morgenson
Eighteen months after the economic meltdown, why has Washington been unable rein in Wall Street with serious regulation? Bill Moyers speaks with financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson for a candid look at the obstacles facing substantive reform and what Congress' proposed legislation would ? and wouldn't ? accomplish.