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Recommended Reading: Trayvon Martin Murder Trial Reactions
Trayvon Martin; Courtesy of his family.Here are some of the more thought provoking posts that we’ve seen in the past couple days about the not-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman in the shooting death...
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As Feds Review Martin Case, NAACP Seeks DOJ Action and Targets State ‘Stand...
This article originally appeared in The Nation.Tabatha Holley, 19, of Dawson, Ga., chants as demonstrators march in protest as a police cruiser follows at right the day after George Zimmerman was found...
View ArticlePreview: Bill Moyers and John Lewis on Marching for Hope
In a preview of this week’s special Moyers & Company exploring the momentous August 1963 March on Washington, Rep. John Lewis (D-GA), who gave one of the major speeches that day, talks with Bill...
View ArticleDon’t Miss “American Promise” Tonight on POV
Tonight on PBS’s excellent POV series, don’t miss American Promise, a film that chronicles the education of two Brooklyn children. For 13 years, Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class...
View ArticleNadine Gordimer on Politics and People
South African writer Nadine Gordimer died on Sunday in Johannesburg at the age of 90. Born and raised in South Africa, she confronted the turbulent political reality of South Africa in her novels,...
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Book Excerpt: The Sky is Not the Limit
The following is an excerpt from The Sky is Not the Limit, Neil deGrasse Tyson’s memoir. In a recent interview, deGrasse Tyson spoke with Bill Moyers about the importance of science education and the...
View ArticleClip: Were Romney’s “47 Percent” Remarks Racist?
In this week’s episode of Moyers & Company, Bill asks Ian Haney López, author of Dog Whistle Politics, whether Mitt Romney’s infamous “47 percent” comment could be construed as racially coded...
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Dog Whistle Politics: What if Only White People Voted?
After the 2012 election, Buzzfeed put together a series of electoral maps that showed what the results would have looked like if we didn’t have universal suffrage. A couple of them went viral,...
View ArticleThe Dog Whistle Politics of Race, Part II
This week on Moyers & Company, Bill continues his conversation with author and legal scholar Ian Haney López about dog whistle politics – code words that use race to turn Americans against each...
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“I Guess I’m a Racist” and Other Proclamations That End Conversations About Race
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, left, and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama shake hands at the conclusion of the presidential debate at the University of...
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50 Years Later: Why We Must Remember the Civil Rights Movement
In this Dec. 4, 1964, file photo take in New York, civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. displays pictures of civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney and Andrew Goodman who were...
View ArticleSen. Warren on How America Excluded Black Families From the Middle Class
United States Sen. Elizabeth Warren delivered remarks on Sunday at the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate, as part of the Institute’s “Getting to the Point” speaker series. A PDF...
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Bill Moyers in Conversation: Eddie Glaude Jr. on ‘Democracy in Black’
Democracy in Black book cover and Dr. Eddie Glaude, Jr. In a new two-part podcast, journalist Bill Moyers talks to Princeton professor Eddie Glaude, Jr., author of Democracy in Black: How Race Still...
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Why We Fail When We Try to Talk About Race in America
We asked a number of contributors to share their reactions to a post by activist and author Michelle Alexander that we published earlier this month in the aftermath of the police shootings of Alton...
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No Passes for Stereotyping — Of Any Kind
When Mitt Romney dismissed the 47 percent of voters who, he predicted, would support Barack Obama “no matter what” as “victims” who depend on government assistance, liberal critics called foul. The...
View ArticleDon’t Miss “American Promise” Tonight on POV
A new documentary chronicling the education of two Brooklyn children presents complicated truths about America’s struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity. Continue reading The...
View ArticleClip: Were Romney’s “47 Percent” Remarks Racist?
The author and legal scholar says the infamous statement played into existing racial biases. Continue reading The post Clip: Were Romney’s “47 Percent” Remarks Racist? appeared first on BillMoyers.com.
View ArticleDog Whistle Politics: What if Only White People Voted?
The GOP's Southern Strategy has yielded some success, but ultimately race is just a single variable. Continue reading The post Dog Whistle Politics: What if Only White People Voted? appeared first on...
View ArticleThe Dog Whistle Politics of Race (Part II)
Bill continues his conversation with author and legal scholar Ian Haney López about how politicians use strategic racism to win votes. Watch part one. Continue reading The post The Dog Whistle Politics...
View Article“I Guess I’m a Racist” and Other Proclamations That End Conversations About Race
In this book excerpt, Ian Haney López explains why -- for conservatives -- alleging that they've been called racist is a good strategy. Continue reading The post “I Guess I’m a Racist” and Other...
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