All Blog Posts Tagged 'citizens-united' (2)

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. Hightower frames progressive views better than anyone I've heard, even George Lakoff. This was from the last episode of The Journal, which spanned 40 years. Moyers adds a cutting exclamation point on U.S. Plutocracy, but first, here is why Bill Moyers decided to end The… Continue

If You Want Change, You Have to Change Congress

We should remember what it felt like one year ago, as the ability to recall it emotionally will pass and it is an emotional memory as much as anything else. It was a moment rare in a democracy's history. The feeling was palpable--to supporters and opponents alike--that something important had happened. America had elected, the young candidate promised, a transformational president. And wrapped in a campaign that had… Continue