For decades, journalist Bill Moyers reported on some of the most pressing matters in American politics and culture. Now, he ...

The year was 1976, and Jimmy Carter, a Sunday school teacher from Georgia, had shocked major newsrooms by discussing his "born again" faith. Presidential candidates were not supposed to do things like ...

Last Friday, the final installment of the weekly program Bill Moyers Journal aired on PBS. The Journal, which ran for two stints in the 1970s and '80s and then resumed in 2007, often reflected the ...

Throughout his career in print and broadcast journalism, Bill Moyers has blended a passionate interest in the workings of politics with a strong interest in religion. He is perhaps best known for the ...

For this KPFA fund drive special, we first hear a recent conversation Mickey had with Jeff Cohen (the founder of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, www.fair.org); their topic was the life and ...

The boss at my first job out of law school, a rural public defender’s office, began orientation by telling me, “Most of the people you will meet in this area are three bad decisions away from poverty ...

Earlier this week, I had the great pleasure of reading Gilead, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Marilynne Robinson. Just like one loves to go through all the post-match commentary after an enjoyable ...

Bill Moyers — CBS and PBS journalist, ordained minister, Peace Corps director, press secretary and closest adviser to President Lyndon Johnson, Newsday publisher, documentarian, investigative reporter ...

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