Bill Moyers on Democracy by Bill Moyers (135 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Type: Remainder Nation Books, 2004. First Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Remainder. Whisper of wear to extremities, spot on upper edge of text block. Features articles by Bill Moyers, Barbara Ehrenreich, Jesse L. Jackson, William Greider, Robert Reich, Benjamin Barber, Jan Schakosky. 279 pages. 7.50" x 5.25". 2004. Nation Books, New York.

Condition: New. 1st printing. Crusading journalism at its best. Author inscription on title page: Democracy Now! Amy Goodman. Mint new copy. 5-1/2 x 8-1/2, 377 pp, index, Trade paperback in color photo wraps.

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Trade paperback. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. xvii, [1], 152, [6] p. The traffic in hazardous waste is a booming business. This book reveals the dangers facing our planet due to a lucrative and scandal-ridden business. The result of four years work by the Center for Investigative Reporting for a television documentary, this book paints a grim picture. Landfills leak. Incinerators spew. The United States produces one ton of hazardous waste per year for each person in the nation. American public awareness is high, but primarily of the not-in-my-backyard variety, leading to a growing international trade in toxic waste shipped across borders. Global Dumping examines the human costs of this shortsighted attitude and asks what we intend to do about it. From Wikipedia: "Bill D. Moyers (born June 5, 1934) is an American journalist and liberal political commentator. He served as White House Press Secretary in the Johnson administration from 1965 to 1967. He also worked as a network TV news commentator for ten years. Moyers has been extensively involved with public broadcasting, producing documentaries and news journal programs. He has won numerous awards and honorary degrees for his investigative journalism and civic activities. He has become well known as a trenchant critic of the U.S. media (particularly modern, corporately structured news media). Moyers is a member of the Bilderberg Group[1] and since 1990 has been president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy." From Wikipedia: "The Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR) is a nonprofit news organization based in Berkeley, California. The Center has conducted investigative journalism since 1977. The organization is well known for producing stories that reveal scandals or corruption in government agencies and corporations. In 2010, CIR launched its California Watch reporting project and in 2012, it merged with The Bay Citizen. Its 2012 budget is approximately $11 million. The current business model emphasizes cooperation with partners and other news outlets rather than competition, although the Center charges outlets that publish or broadcast its content." Good. Highlighting/underlining. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some highlighting and ink comments noted.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. POLLS, THEIR USE AND MISUSE IN POLITICS, Charles W. Roll and Albert H. Cantril, Foreword by Bill D. Moyers, hardcover with unclipped dust jacket, first edition (per publisher?s custom), stated first printing, 1972. BOOK CONDITION: near fine. The text block is in fine condition with no tears, dog-ears, or marks. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The blue cloth boards are in near fine condition (lightly bumped spine). The dust jacket is in very good condition (smudged back cover). XX [From the dust jacket] Can the polls be trusted? The fortunes of politicians have often been made and unmade by headlines arising from the latest political poll. This timely book, written simply and filled with anecdotes, sums up what every layman and professional in the field must know to interpret the significance of polls, on and off the political season. Increasingly, we have come to rely on polls to tell us what our neighbors think, how they will vote, and what, therefore, constitutes a realistic candidacy or policy. Yet despite this interest in polls, the authors ? both of whom are expert pollsters ? are convinced that most politicians, newspapermen, and voters alike do not know the first thing about the difference between a good poll and a bad one and cannot distinguish between a significant finding and a misleading, worse-than-useless one. The authors speak from experience. Charles W. Roll, Jr., has conducted Governor Nelson Rockefeller's highly effective private polls since 1963, and Albert H. Cantril served as a key member of the White House staff during the Johnson Administration. Because they believe that the public's ability to understand and evaluate polls is crucial to our political system, they have written this uniquely useful book, a lucid, non-technical guide to polling procedures and to their political uses. Proceeding both analytically and anecdotally, Roll and Cantril show how polls may be designed and interpreted to reflect the truth or what the client wants to announce, and they offer a number of startling illustrations of the political use and misuse of polls in recent campaigns. XX Charles W. Roll, Jr., and Albert H. Cantril are co-authors of Hopes and Fears of the American People. Mr. Roll is President of Political Surveys and Analyses, Inc., which has counted among its clients Nelson Rockefeller of New York, Richard Hughes of New Jersey, and Senator Howard Baker of Tennessee. He is also the Study Director of the Gallup Organization, where he has conducted surveys for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia Bulletin, and many others. Albert H. Cantril is an independent consultant in political and social research. After receiving his Ph.D. in Political Science from MIT, he joined the White House staff, serving as research aide to Bill D. Moyers. He has been a consultant to the former Bureau of the Budget and to the Division of Behavioral Science of the National Academy of Science. He also served for two years in the Department of State.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 112 pages. Includes a CD. Revered by Americans across the political spectrum, Barbara Jordan was "the most outspoken moral voice of the American political system," in the words of former President Bill Clinton, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Throughout her career as a Texas senator, U.S. congresswoman, and distinguished professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, Barbara Jordan lived by a simple creed: "Ethical behavior means being honest, telling the truth, and doing what you said you were going to do." Her strong stand for ethics in government, civil liberties, and democratic values still provides a standard around which the nation can unite in the twenty-first century. This volume brings together several major political speeches that articulate Barbara Jordan's most deeply held values. They include: "Erosion of Civil Liberties," a commencement address delivered at Howard University on May 12, 1974, in which Jordan warned that "tyranny in America is possible" "The Constitutional Basis for Impeachment," Jordan's ringing defense of the U.S. Constitution before the House Judiciary Committee investigating the Watergate break-in Keynote addresses to the Democratic National Conventions of 1976 and 1992, in which Jordan set forth her vision of the Democratic Party as an advocate for the common good and a catalyst of change Testimony in the U.S. Congress on the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork and on immigration reform Meditations on faith and politics from two National Prayer Breakfasts Acceptance speech for the 1995 Sylvanus Thayer Award presented by the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, in which Jordan challenged the military to uphold the values of "duty, honor, country" Accompanying the speeches, some of which readers can also watch on an enclosed DVD, are context-setting introductions by volume editor Max Sherman. The book concludes with the eloquent eulogy that Bill Moyers delivered at Barbara Jordan's memorial service in 1996, in which he summed up Jordan's remarkable life and career by saying, "Just when we despaired of finding a hero, she showed up, to give the sign of democracy. This is no small thing. This, my friends, this is grace. And for it we are thankful." (#70).

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Groundbreaking analysis showing that greater economic equality-not greater wealth-is the mark of the most successful societies, and offering new ways to achieve it. "Get your hands on this book."-Bill Moyers This groundbreaking book, based on thirty years' research, demonstrates that more unequal societies are bad for almost everyone within them-the well-off and the poor. The remarkable data the book lays out and the measures it uses are like a spirit level which we can hold up to compare different societies. The differences revealed, even between rich market democracies, are striking. Almost every modern social and environmental problem-ill health, lack of community life, violence, drugs, obesity, mental illness, long working hours, big prison populations-is more likely to occur in a less equal society. The book goes to the heart of the apparent contrast between material success and social failure in many modern national societies. The Spirit Level does not simply provide a diagnosis of our ills, but provides invaluable instruction in shifting the balance from self-interested consumerism to a friendlier, more collaborative society. It shows a way out of the social and environmental problems which beset us, and opens up a major new approach to improving the real quality of life, not just for the poor but for everyone. It is, in its conclusion, an optimistic book, which should revitalize politics and provide a new way of thinking about how we organize human communities. "Get your hands on this book."-Bill Moyers Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. From the National Book Award winner, a powerful and timely rumination on how we can draw on historical examples of 'survivor power' to understand the upheaval and death caused by the COVID-19 pandemicand collectively heal.In this moving and ultimately hopeful meditation on the psychological aftermath of catastrophe, award-winning psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton calls forth his lifes work to show us how to cope with the lasting effects and legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic. The result is a thought-provoking examination of life in the face of COVID-19 from one of the most profound thinkers of our time.When the people of Hiroshima experienced the unspeakable horror of the atomic bombing, they responded by creating an activist 'city of peace.' Survivors of the Nazi death camps took the lead in combating mass killing of any kind and converted their experience into art and literature that demonstrated the resilience of the human spirit. Drawing on the remarkably life-affirming responses of survivors of such atrocities, Lifton, 'one of the worlds foremost thinkers on why we humans do such awful things to each other' (Bill Moyers), shows readers how we can carry on and live meaningful lives even in the face of the tragic and the absurd.Surviving Our Catastrophes offers compelling examples of 'survivor power' and makes clear that we will not move forward by denying the true extent of the pandemics destruction. Instead, we must truly reckon with COVID-19s effects on ourselves and society and find individual and collective forms of renewal.'Lifton shows us why we must confront reality in order to save democracy.' Peter Balakian, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of Ozone Journal "A powerful rumination on how we can draw on historical examples of "survivor power" to understand the upheaval and death caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and collectively heal"-- Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The book that unmasks the sneaky and widespread methods industry uses to influence opinion through bogus experts, doctored data, and manufactured facts. "Finally a long-overdue expose of the shenanigans and subterfuge that lie behind the making of experts in America." (Jeremy Rifkin) "If you want to know how the world wags, and who's wagging it, here's your answer." (Bill Moyers) "Meticulously researched .Rampton and Stauber's documentation of PR campaigns proves that they are the real 'experts.' " (Brill's Content) AUTHOBIO: John Stauber is the founder and director of the Center for Media & Democracy. He and Sheldon Rampton write and edit the quarterly PR Watch: Public Interest Reporting on the PR/Public Affairs Industry. In this meticulously researched expos, the authors unmask the sneaky and widespread methods industry uses to influence opinion through bogus experts, doctored data, and manufactured facts. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Trade paperback. xvii, 156 p. Illustrations. Occasional Footnotes. Reading List. Index. Based on an acclaimed PBS documentary, The Secret Government analyzes the threats to constitutional government posed by an illegitimate network of spies, profiteers, mercenaries, ex-generals, and "superpatriots". Introduction by Henry Steele Commager. Very good. No dust jacket as issued.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 204 pages. The Peabody Award-winning journalist shares storie s and insights into our country and the crises we face in an eloq uent selection ofÂ.Â.Â. commentaries (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Â Millions of Americans have invited Bill Moyers into th eir homes over the years. With television programs covering topic s from American history, politics, and religion to the role of me dia and the world of ideas, he has become one of America's most t rusted journalists. Now Moyers presents, for the first time, a po werful statement of his own personal beliefs?political and moral. Combining illuminating forays into American history with candid comments on today's politics, Moyers delivers perceptive and tren chant insights into the American experience. Â From his early yea rs as a Texas journalist to his role as a founding organizer of t he Peace Corps, top assistant to President Lyndon Johnson, publis her of Newsday, senior correspondent and analyst for CBS News, an d producer of many of public television's groundbreaking series, Moyers has been actively engaged in some of the most volatile epi sodes of the past fifty years. Drawing from these experiences, he shares his unique understanding of American politics and an endu ring faith in the nation's promise and potential. Whether reflect ing on today's media climate, corporate scandals, or religious an d political upheavals, Moyers on America recovers the hopes of th e past to establish their relevance for the present. Â Not only a good reporterÂ.Â.Â. a first-rate storyteller. ?The Boston Globe Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly I am a journalist but I am also a pilgrim, Moyers declares in this eloquent selection o f his speeches and commentaries. Although these 20 pieces have be en edited to resemble essays, their origin lends them a rousing u rgency, as Moyers relates stories and insights in his personal jo urney from small-town Texas boyhood to eminent broadcast journali st. Whether he's extolling the virtues of participatory democracy based on the early 20th-century Progressive movement or lamentin g recent evidence that democracy is on the auction block with pol iticians bought by special interests, Moyers's ability to communi cate history, philosophy and personal experience simultaneously i s impressive. His instinct for enlisting stories to get his messa ge across appears throughout this collection, including tales fro m the years he worked for Lyndon Johnson (before and after Johnso n became President). In a portrait of Johnson's political strengt hs and personal weaknesses, a less canny storyteller might leave out the telling anecdote about LBJ's integrating the Faculty Club of the University of Texas in 1964, but not Moyers. The same com bination of candor, vividness and forthrightness animating his Jo hnson portrait is what gives such authority to Moyers's arguments that responsible journalism of unquestioned integrity is essenti al to our democratic process and that domination of news media by conglomerates, along with trends in celebrity-obsessed journalis m, is undermining the freedom of the press. Moyers's wisdom, comm on sense and deeply felt principles should inspire and energize m any readers in the very best way. Copyright ® Reed Business Info rmation, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. F rom Booklist Award-winning journalist Moyers offers a thoughtful and caustic look at American politics. This first-time collection of Moyers' commentaries begins with his speech This Is Your Stor y. Pass It On, read by millions online and applauded for its insi ghts into the troublesome trends in American democracy. Moyers po werfully and eloquently laments the increasing influence of the w ealthy at the expense of the poor. In other essays, Moyers recall s a more progressive era in the U.S., when the government played an active role in protecting citizens, and reporters were more vi gilant in their scrutiny of corruption. Reflecti.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1. new york times, january 26, 1972. interview by lesley oelsner. 2, c-span judicial affairs interview by connie doebele, march 28, 1986. 3.SUPREME COURT JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE Q & A with students from Midwood High School in Brooklyn, new york, and from Manchester High School in Midlothian, Virginia U. S. Supreme Court, East Conference Room, Washington, D. C. jan. 30, 2002 4. 45 words: a conversation about the first amendment with Supreme Court Justices Antonin scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Interview by marvin Kalb. The Kalb Report. Natoinal Press Club, Washington, D. C. April 17, 2014. 5. CINEMA CAFE WITH RUTH BADER GINSBURG & NINA TOTENBERG interview by Nina Totenberg. Sundance Film Festival , Park City, Utah January 21, 2018. 6. RUTH BADER GINSBURG IN HER OWN WORDS interview by Jane Eisner The FORWARD. aDAS izsrael synagogue, Washington,D. C. February 1, 2018. 7. THE LAST INTERVIEW; BILL MOYERS IN CONVERSATION WITH RUTH BADER GINSBURG. Interview by Bill Moyers Movers On Democracy Union Theological Seminary, New York City, February 12, 2020.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Despite dire predictions in the late twentieth century that public libraries would not survive the turn of the millennium, their numbers have only increased. Two of three Americans frequent a public library at least once a year, and nearly that many are registered borrowers. Although library authorities have argued that the public library functions primarily as a civic institution necessary for maintaining democracy, generations of library patrons tell a differentstory. In Part of Our Lives, Wayne A. Wiegand delves into the heart of why Americans love their libraries. The book traces the history of the public library, featuring records andtestimonies from as early as 1850. Rather than analyzing the words of library founders and managers, Wiegand listens to the voices of everyday patrons who cherished libraries. Drawing on newspaper articles, memoirs, and biographies, Part of Our Lives paints a clear and engaging picture of Americans who value libraries not only as civic institutions, but also as public places that promote and maintain community.Whether as a public space, a place for accessinginformation, or a home for reading material that helps patrons make sense of the world around them, the public library has a rich history of meaning for millions of Americans. From colonial times through the recenttechnological revolution, libraries have continuously adapted to better serve the needs of their communities. Wiegand demonstrates that, although cultural authorities (including some librarians) have often disparaged reading books considered not "serious," the commonplace reading materials users obtained from public libraries have had a transformative effect for many, including people such as Ronald Reagan, Bill Moyers, Edgwina Danticat, Philip Roth, Toni Morrison, Sonia Sotomayor, and OprahWinfrey.A bold challenge to conventional thinking about the American public library, Part of Our Lives is an insightful look into of America's most beloved cultural institutions. Part of Our Lives challenges the conventional idea that public libraries are valuable mostly because they are essential to democracy. Instead, this book uses the voices of generations of public library users to argue that Americans have loved their libraries for the useful information they make accessible; the public spaces they provide; and the commonplace reading materials they supply that help users make sense of the world around them. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - A visionary work from a futuristic philosopher. Presents in great detail a positive, compelling view of the new human and new human society that goes beyond cultures, nations and civilizations; beyond democracy, socialism, communism and money; beyond competition under the illusion of limited resources; beyond the godspell Babel-factoring religions; beyond the old new age. Reveals how we will live as enlightened, generic humans having restored the true knowledge of our history as a genetically created species - part Homo erectus and part Anunnaki/Nefilim. Accepting and integrating this proven knowledge will allow us to experience planetary peace and meet the conditions for matriculation into stellar society. Sapiens Rising presents a meta-scenario, the largest picture of our current consciousness revolution and the wild card memes and technologies that afford us the ability to transcend and achieve cosmic consciousness and our place among the stars. Whatever we can conceive we can achieve. Whatever we can comprehend we can transcend. Previously released as an Elektronisches Buch only, the author claims it has reached Michelle and Barack Obama, M. Gorbachev, John Petersen of the Arlington Institute, the Dalai Lama, Pope Benedict, Klaus Schwab (of Davos), Presidents Clinton and Carter, Charlie Rose, and Bill Moyers, among others.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Giroux refuses to give in or give up. The Violence of Organized Forgetting is a clarion call to imagine a different America--just, fair, and caring--and then to struggle for it."--Bill Moyers"Henry Giroux has accomplished an exciting, brilliant intellectual dissection of America's somnambulent voyage into anti-democratic political depravity. His analysis of the plight of America's youth is particularly heartbreaking. If we have a shred of moral fibre left in our beings, Henry Giroux sounds the trumpet to awaken it to action to restore to the nation a civic soul."--Dennis J. Kucinich, former US Congressman and Presidential candidate"Giroux lays out a blistering critique of an America governed by the tenets of a market economy. . . . He cites French philosopher Georges Didi-Huberman's concept of the 'disimagination machine' to describe a culture and pedagogical philosophy that short-circuits citizens' ability to think critically, leaving the generation now reaching adulthood unprepared for an 'inhospitable' world. Picking apart the current malaise of 21st-century digital disorder, Giroux describes a world in which citizenship is replaced by consumerism and the functions of engaged governance are explicitly beholden to corporations."--Publishers WeeklyIn a series of essays that explore the intersections of politics, popular culture, and new forms of social control in American society, Henry A. Giroux explores how state and corporate interests have coalesced to restrict civil rights, privatize what's left of public institutions, and diminish our collective capacity to participate as engaged citizens of a democracy.From the normalization of mass surveillance, lockdown drills, and a state of constant war, to corporate bailouts paired with public austerity programs that further impoverish struggling families and communities, Giroux looks to flashpoints in current events to reveal how the forces of government and business are at work to generate a culture of mass forgetfulness, obedience and conformity. In The Violence of Organized Forgetting, Giroux deconstructs the stories created to control us while championing the indomitable power of education, democracy, and hope.Henry A. Giroux is a world-renowned educator, author and public intellectual. He currently holds the Global TV Network Chair Professorship at McMaster University in the English and Cultural Studies Department and a Distinguished Visiting Professorship at Ryerson University. The Toronto Star has named Henry Giroux one of the twelve Canadians changing the way we think."More Praise for Henry A. Giroux's The Violence of Organized Forgetting:"I can think of no book in the last ten years as essential as this. I can think of no other writer who has so clinically dissected the crisis of modern life and so courageously offered a possibility for real material change."--John Steppling, playwright, and author of The Shaper, Dogmouth, and Sea of Cortez"A timely study if there ever was one, The Violence of Organized Forgetting is a milestone in the struggle to repossess the common sense expropriated by the American power elite to be redeployed in its plot to foil the popular resistance against rising social injustice and decay of political democracy."--Zygmunt Bauman, author of Does the Richness of the Few Benefit Us All? among other worksProphetic and eloquent, Giroux gives us, in this hard-hitting and compelling book, the dark scenario of Western crisis where ignorance has become a virtue and wealth and power the means of ruthless abuse of workers, of the minorities and of immigrants. However, he remains optimistic in his affirmation of radical humanity, determined as he is to relate himself to a fair and caring world unblemished b Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. From poisoned water and police violence in our cities, to gun massacres and hate-mongering on the presidential campaign trail, evidence that America is at war with itself is everywhere around us. The question is not whether or not it's happening, but how to understand the forces at work in order to prevent conditions from getting worse. Henry A. Giroux offers a powerful, far-reaching critique of the economic interests, cultural dimensions, and political dynamics involved in the nation's shift toward increasingly abusive forms of power. His analysis helps us to frame critical questions about what can and should be done to turn things around while we can.Reflecting on a wide range of social issues, Giroux contrasts Donald Trump's America with Sandra Bland's to understand who really benefits from politically fueled intolerance for immigrants, communities of color, Muslims, low-income families, and those who challenge state and corporate power. A passionate advocate for civil rights and the importance of the imagination, Giroux argues that only through widespread social investment in democracy and education can the common good hope to prevail over the increasingly concentrated influence of extreme right-wing politicians and self-serving economic interests.Praise for America at War with Itself:"This is the book Americans need to read now. No one is better than Henry Giroux at analyzing the truly dangerous threats to our society. He punctures our delusions and offers us a compelling and enlightened vision of a better way. America at War with Itself is the best book of the year."Bob Herbert, Distinguished Senior Fellow at Demos and former Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times"In this current era of corporate media misdirection and misinformation, America at War with Itself is a must read for all Americans, especially young people. Henry Giroux is one of the few great political voices of today, with powerful insight into the truth. Dr. Giroux is defiantly explaining, against the grain, what's REALLY going on right now, and doing so quite undeniably. Simply put, the ideas he brings forth are a beacon that need to be seen and heard and understood in order for the world to progress."Julian Casablancas"In America at War with Itself, Henry Giroux again proves himself one of North Americas most clear-sighted radical philosophers of education, culture and politics: radical because he discards the chaff of liberal critique and cuts to the root of the ills that are withering democracy. Giroux also connects the dots of reckless greed, corporate impunity, poverty, mass incarceration, racism and the co-opting of education to crush critical thinking and promote a culture that denigrates and even criminalizes civil society and the public good. His latest work is the antidote to an alarming tide of toxic authoritarianism that threatens to engulf America. The book could not be more timely."Olivia Ward, Toronto Star"America at War with Itself makes the case for real ideological and structural change at a time when the need and stakes could not be greater. Everyone who cares about the survival and revival of democracy needs to read this book.Kenneth Saltman, Professor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Author of The Failure of Corporate School ReformHenry A. Giroux's most recent books include The Violence of Organized Forgetting and America's Addiction to Terrorism. A prolific writer and political commentator, he has appeared in a wide range of media, including the New York Times and Bill Moyers. A blistering critique of how America's drift toward authoritarian intolerance is dividing the nation and intensifying social and political c Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Since the 1970s, the U.S. economy has been sending more and more of its rewards to fewer and fewer people. Once seen as a global exemplar of egalitarianism and middle-class opportunity, America has become the most unequal of developed nationsa land where corporate leaders earn hundreds of times the pay of average workers, and the only population group growing faster than millionaires is the uninsured. Statistics aside, this quarte-century-long trend has changed the texture of American life in ways that threaten our deepest values.Drawing on the best and latest research, the contributors explore issues such as the real story the numbers tell about how America has changed; dimensions of inequality (education, health, and opportunity); causes of inequality, looking past the usual suspects of technology, trade, and immigration; the persistence of racial disparities; the erosion of democracy and community; and inequality as a moral and religious problem. Not just a catalog of inequality's ills, the book concludes with a plausible and hopeful policy pathbeyond redistributionto a more just and humane economy.With contributions by: Joel Bakan Heather Boushey and Christian E. Weller Barbara Ehrenreich Robert H. Frank Robert M. Franklin William Greider Christopher Jencks David Cay Johnston Richard D. Kahlenberg Robert Kuttner James Lardner Betsy Leondar-Wright Charles Lewis Meizhu Lui Bill Moyers Miles S. Rapoport and David A. Smith Jonathan Rowe Theda Skocpol David A. Smith and Heather McGhee Jim Wallis Eric Wanner David R. Williams and James Lardner Now in paperback - Bill Moyers, Barbara Ehrenreich and many others explore the consequences of the growing economic divide in the United States. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. American journalism is collapsing as newspapers and magazines fail and scores of reporters are laid off across the country. Conventional wisdom says the Internet is to blame, but veteran journalists and media critics Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols disagree. The crisis of American journalism predates the Great Recession and digital media boom. What we are witnessing now is the end of the commercial news model and the opportune moment for the creation of a new system of independent journalism, one subsidized by the public and capable of safeguarding our democracy. The "Paul Revere and Tom Paine" (according to Bill Moyers) of media reform propose a bold and controversial response to the current crisis of journalism Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Howard Zinn's views on social movements, freedom, history, democracy, and our own human potential are educational and transformative. In few places is his voice more clear and accessible than in the dozens of articles he penned for The Progressive magazine from 1980 to 2009, offered together here in book form for the first time.Whether encouraging people to organize, critiquing the government, or speaking on behalf of working people who struggle to survive in an economy rigged to benefit the rich and powerful, Zinn's historical clarity, unflappable optimism, and unshakable questions reverberate throughout The Historic Unfulfilled Promise: "Have our political leaders gone mad?" "What kind of country do we want to live in?" "Has the will of the people been followed?" The Historic Unfulfilled Promise is a genuine work of conscience, rich in ideas, charged with energy; an invaluable introduction for the uninitiated and a must-have for Zinn's fans."Passionate, iconoclastic, and wrly humorous . . . [Zinn] sometimes proves astounding in his almost clairvoyant analysis."Publisher's Weekly Starred Review"A sharp and insightful collection from one of the country's most visible historians and critics."Booklist"A useful introduction to one of America's great scholar-activists."Kirkus Reviews"Howard Zinn's life and work are an unforgettable model, sure to leave a permanent stamp on how history is understood and how a decent and honorable life should be lived."Noam Chomsky"Proudly, unabashedly radical . . . Mr. Zinn delighted in debating ideological foes, not the least his own college president, and in lancing what he considered platitudes, not the least that American history was a heroic march toward democracy."New York Times"For Howard, democracy was one big public fight and everyone should plunge into it. That's the only way, he said, for everyday folks to get justicby fighting for it."Bill Moyers Zinns articles for The Progressive (19802009) offer timeless analysis and advocacy for freedom, democracy and social change in the US. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.