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Bill Moyers and four historians on Donald Trump and white supremacy. </div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/farewell/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Bill-Moyers__cropped-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'><div class='category'><a href='/topics/editors-desk/'>Editor's Desk</a></div> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/farewell/'>Farewell</a></div> <div class='date'>December 19, 2017</div><div class='entry-content'><p>When I turned 80 three years ago, I retired my weekly PBS series and have since focused on the web with a small, dedicated team as the avenue for our journalism. Now it’s time for another farewell. <a href="https://billmoyers.com/story/farewell/" class="arrow">Continue reading</a></p> </div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/net-neutrality-vote-kill-open-internet/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/GettyImages-887946864-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'><div class='category'><a href='/topics/democracy-government/'>Democracy & Government</a></div> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/net-neutrality-vote-kill-open-internet/'>Trump’s FCC Wants to Kill a Free and Open Internet</a></div> <div class='date'>December 11, 2017 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/moyersb/" title="Posts by Bill Moyers" class="author url fn" rel="author">Bill Moyers</a> and <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/winshipm/" title="Posts by Michael Winship" class="author url fn" rel="author">Michael Winship</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>The commission votes on Thursday whether to end net neutrality and place the internet under the thumb of corporate America.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/a-note-from-bill-on-no-choice/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/NO-CHOICE-1280x720-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'><div class='category'><a href='/topics/for-the-record/'>For the Record</a></div> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/a-note-from-bill-on-no-choice/'>A Note From Bill on 'No Choice'</a></div> <div class='date'>November 13, 2017 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/moyersb/" title="Posts by Bill Moyers" class="author url fn" rel="author">Bill Moyers</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>Our new video series launches this week as a reminder of the experience of women who sought abortions when the male-dominated state controlled their bodies and their fate. </div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/lbj-launches-medicare-cant-treat-grandma-way/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GettyImages-615298096-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'><div class='category'><a href='/topics/for-the-record/'>For the Record</a></div> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/lbj-launches-medicare-cant-treat-grandma-way/'>LBJ Launches Medicare: ‘You Can't Treat Grandma This Way’</a></div> <div class='date'>July 30, 2017 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/moyersb/" title="Posts by Bill Moyers" class="author url fn" rel="author">Bill Moyers</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>Yes, our health system is broken, but broken systems can be fixed — not easily, but they can be fixed. </div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/ask-yourself-will-donald-trump-ever-become-president/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GettyImages-665478596-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'><div class='category'><a href='/topics/for-the-record/'>For the Record</a></div> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/ask-yourself-will-donald-trump-ever-become-president/'>Ask Yourself: Will Donald Trump EVER Become President? </a></div> <div class='date'>April 13, 2017 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/moyersb/" title="Posts by Bill Moyers" class="author url fn" rel="author">Bill Moyers</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'>As our institutions bend and buckle and approach the breaking point, the president bombs Syria and is hailed by an obeisant media. </div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/to-our-readers/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/68811124_784a37b587_o-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/to-our-readers/'>Bill Moyers: Our President Is Up to No Good</a></div> <div class='date'>March 4, 2017</div><div class='entry-content'>Bill reflects on Trump's tweet storm and shares Henry Giroux's remarks about George Orwell, authoritarianism and Donald Trump.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/health-care-doomed/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/GettyImages-564021801-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/health-care-doomed/'>A Special Report: Is Health Care Doomed?</a></div> <div class='date'>March 4, 2017</div><div class='entry-content'>The Republicans' new plan to replace the Affordable Care Act is worse than many expected and would lead millions of people to lose their health insurance. But some state legislators are offering alternatives. Bill Moyers profiles one here. </div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/the-time-of-suffering/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Bill_iPad1-e1348599841671-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'><div class='category'><a href='/topics/justice-2/'>Justice</a></div> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/the-time-of-suffering/'>The Time of Suffering</a></div> <div class='date'>February 15, 2017</div><div class='entry-content'>Bill Moyers reflects on the culture of cruelty in American politics.</div></div></li><li class='item cf'><div class='thumb'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/lamentation-bill-moyers/'><img src='//billmoyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Tapper-Conway-The-Lead-2.7.17-480x270.jpg' class='imgmax'></a></div><div class='text'><div class='category'><a href='/topics/media/'>Media</a></div> <div class='posttitle'><a href='https://billmoyers.com/story/lamentation-bill-moyers/'>I Thought CNN Was Taking A Courageous Stand Against White House Lies. I Was Mistaken.</a></div> <div class='date'>February 8, 2017 <div class='post-author'> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/author/moyersb/" title="Posts by Bill Moyers" class="author url fn" rel="author">Bill Moyers</a></div></div><div class='entry-content'><p>Well, I certainly got that one wrong. Based on news reports, and after two phone calls to check them out, on Tuesday I wrote a column saluting Jake Tapper and CNN for saying, “No!” to Kellyanne Conway when the White House offered her up as a guest for Tapper’s Sunday program.<br /> <a href="https://billmoyers.com/story/lamentation-bill-moyers/" class="arrow">Continue reading</a></p> </div></div></li></ul>  <div id="loadmore" class="cf"> <button class='moreessays'>LOAD MORE</button><noscript><div class='wp-pagenavi' role='navigation'> <span class='pages'>Page 1 of 21</span><span aria-current='page' class='current'>1</span><a class="page larger" title="Page 2" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/2/">2</a><a class="page larger" title="Page 3" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/3/">3</a><a class="page larger" title="Page 4" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/4/">4</a><a class="page larger" title="Page 5" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/5/">5</a><span class='extend'>...</span><a class="larger page" title="Page 10" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/10/">10</a><a class="larger page" title="Page 20" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/20/">20</a><span class='extend'>...</span><a class="nextpostslink" rel="next" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/2/">»</a><a class="last" href="https://billmoyers.com/essays/page/21/">Last »</a> </div></noscript> </div>  </div> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div id='newsoverlay'><div id='signup'><figure id='closenews' class='orangegradient'><i class='fa fa-times'></i></figure><h2>Subscribe to Our Newsletters</h2> <div class='wrap-wnet-cc cf'> <form class='subscribe-mailchimp cf'> <div class='checkboxes'> <span><input type='checkbox' id='4ebbe6839f' name='id[]' class='mc-check' value='4ebbe6839f' checked/> Weekly Dispatches</span> <span><input type='checkbox' id='a8b2a63921' name='id[]' class='mc-check' value='a8b2a63921' checked/> Daily Reads</span> </div> <div class='fields'> <input type='email' name='MERGE0' id='MERGE0' class='email' placeholder='enter your email address' required='' /> <button type='submit' class='orangegradient'>subscribe</button> </div> </form> <div class='form-message'></div> </div> </div></div> <footer class="cf nocontent"> <div class="sitewidth cf"> <div class="touch-inset"> <div class="foot1"> <ul class="f1"> <li><a href="https://billmoyers.com/">Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://billmoyers.com/stories/">Posts</a></li> <li><a href="https://billmoyers.com/timeline/">Timeline</a></li> <li><a href="https://billmoyers.com/video/">Video</a></li> <li><a href="https://billmoyers.com/take-action-organizations/">Get Involved</a></li> <li><a href="https://billmoyers.com/about/">About</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="foot2"> <div class="sig"><a href="https://billmoyers.com/"><img src="https://billmoyers.com/wp-content/themes/billmoyers-2015/libs/images/moyers-colorful-logo.png" style="max-height:85px"/></a></div> <p>© 2024 Doctoroff Media Group LLC</p> <p> <a href="https://billmoyers.com/terms-of-service/">Terms of Service</a> | <a href="https://billmoyers.com/privacy-statement/">Privacy Policy</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </footer> </div> <div class="wp-footer-code"><script type='text/javascript' src='https://billmoyers.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/regenerator-runtime.min.js?ver=0.13.9' id='regenerator-runtime-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://billmoyers.com/wp-includes/js/dist/vendor/wp-polyfill.min.js?ver=3.15.0' id='wp-polyfill-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://billmoyers.com/wp-includes/js/dist/hooks.min.js?ver=c6d64f2cb8f5c6bb49caca37f8828ce3' id='wp-hooks-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' src='https://billmoyers.com/wp-includes/js/dist/i18n.min.js?ver=ebee46757c6a411e38fd079a7ac71d94' id='wp-i18n-js'></script> <script type='text/javascript' id='wp-i18n-js-after'> wp.i18n.setLocaleData( { 'text direction\u0004ltr': [ 'ltr' ] } ); 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