Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Paul Krugman's solution to getting fiscal stimulus | PBS News Hour

18 June 2012 Amid a tough economy, economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has probably captured as much attention -- and notoriety -- as anyone else in his field. Part of his Making Sen$e of financial news series, Paul Solman speaks with Krugman whose new book "End This Depression Now" suggests some radical policy-making. -

Watch Krugman's Solution to Fiscal Stimulus? It Involves Aliens on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

Friday, June 15, 2012

Obama elevates amid disrespect

President Obama announced a new policy on immigration today, saying the government would stop deporting some children of illegal immigrants. The President's speech was interrupted at one point by Neil Munroe, a blogger for Tucker Carlson's website, the Daily Caller. Watch it.

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Marty Kaplan on Big Money’s effect on Big Media

27 April 2012 Bill Moyers talks with Kaplan about how taking news out of the journalism box and placing it in the entertainment box is hurting democracy and allowing special interest groups to manipulate the system.

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Michael D Higgins on the banks bail out

Michael D Higgins TD speaking on the Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Scheme 2008

Friday, April 27, 2012

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Texas Tribune: State Senator Wendy Davis on the SD-10 Race, by Evan Smith

19 April 2012 State Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, talked about why she thinks she can get re-elected in a GOP district — and why the liberal label doesn't fit.

"Let America Be America Again," by Langston Hughes

First published in Esquire magazine, 1936, from The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes (Knopf), ed. Arnold Rampersad, with David Roessel

Friday, April 20, 2012

Robert Reich on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart discussing his eBook 'Beyond Outrage'

19 April 2012

Bill Moyers essay: It pays to be rich

Published on Apr 13, 2012 by MoyersandCompany With help from the government, the tax code, and their own money, there's no limit to how rich the super-rich aim to be -- disconnecting themselves further and further from the American people as a result. Bill Moyers examines the gap.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Presidents Reagan and Obama support Buffett Rule

Reagan and Obama form an unlikely alliance to make sure bosses don't pay lower taxes than their secretaries. They are opposed by Mitt Romney and the GOP of 2012.

Monday, April 02, 2012

The Crusaders - "Put It Where You Want It"

Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2003. The Crusaders hail from Houston, Texas.