by Bill Moyers | Apr 11, 2014 | Progressive Vision
I remember that day well: the 12th of April 1945. The day Roosevelt died. I was 11 years old and FDR had been president since before I was born. My father came home early from work. He had been sitting high in the cab of his truck waiting for the red light to change...
by Bill Moyers | Apr 4, 2014 | Democracy
Fortunately for any of us who believe this country should be about fair play and justice, Saru Jayaraman [co-director of Restaurant Opportunities Centers United, which has helped organize fast-food-worker protests for higher wages] and those waiters, busboys, and...
by Bill Moyers | Dec 16, 2013 | Conservatism
Gunpowder and Blood on Their Cold, Dead Hands (via Moyers & Company) This grim anniversary of the Newtown, Conn., killings, with 28 dead, reminded us of that moment back in 2000 when Charlton Heston made his defiant boast at the NRA convention that gun control...
by Bill Moyers | Dec 12, 2013 | Budget Talks, Economy, Minimum Wage, Progressive Vision, The Jobs Challenge
I met Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1987 when I was creating a series for public television called In Search of the Constitution, celebrating the bicentennial of our founding document. By then, he had served on the court longer than any of his colleagues...
by Bill Moyers | Oct 7, 2013 | Conservatism, Shutdown
Republicans have now lost three successive elections to control the Senate and they’ve lost the last two presidential elections. Nonetheless, they fought tooth and nail to kill President Obama’s health care initiative. They lost that fight, but with the corporate wing...