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The Journal: LBJ's Road to War
As President Obama prepares to announce how many more troops he will send to Afghanistan, Bill Moyers remembers the presidency of Lyndon Johnson and the agonizing decisions that escalated America's involvement in Vietnam. Through Johnson's secret tapes of phone calls and conversations, and his own...
Air date: 11/20/2009
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Bill Moyers Journal: Sarah Chayes & Gov. Paterson
Sarah Chayes on the state of affairs in America's other war in Afghanistan. An author and former journalist, Chayes has lived the last 7 years in Afghanistan. Then, as 43 states face budget shortfalls, New York Governor David Paterson talks with Bill Moyers about how states are dealing with the...
Air date: 12/19/2008
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The Journal: Profits over People
With almost 20 years inside the health insurance industry, Wendell Potter saw for-profit insurers hijack our health care system and put profits before patients. Now, he speaks with Bill Moyers about how those companies are standing in the way of health care reform. And, a Bill Moyers Essay.
Air date: 07/10/2009
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Moyers on America: The Net @ Risk
The future of the Internet is up for grabs. Big corporations are lobbying Washington to turn the gateway to the Web into a toll road. Yet the public knows little about what's happening behind closed doors where the future of democracy's newest forum is being decided.
Air date: 10/18/2006
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The Journal: State of the Union(s)
Monica Youn and Zephyr Teachout on the court decision on campaign finance. AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka offer shis perspective on President Obama's first State of the Union address and on whether organized labor can grow and generate jobs in the 21st century. And, Bill Moyers remembers...
Air date: 01/29/2010
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