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Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In PAY 2 PLAY, filmmaker John Ennis examines how corporations have taken over our democracy as he follows outsiders using their voice to change the game in American politics. He ventures through high drama on the Ohio campaign trail, uncovers the secret history of America's favorite game, Monopoly, and explores the underworld of Los Angeles street art in a humorous odyssey that reveals how much of a difference one person can make.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with Lawrence Lessig and Zephyr Teachout, two college professors who left academia to run for political office in the turbulent midterm elections of 2014. Although they did not win the elections, they share their experiences and the hard-fought lessons learned about the state of American democracy.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In this edition of Moyers & Company, Lawrence Lessig and Zephyr Teachout return to talk about the corrupting influence of money in politics - a subject both have studied as scholars and are fighting against as reformers. They advocate bringing back antitrust language and outline strategies for recruiting Congress members to pass campaign finance reform legislation. Broadcast date: November 21, 2014.
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A Smithsonian historian documents the rise of the most surprising, most consequential political club: the Wide Awake anti-slavery youth movement that march America from the 1860 election to the civil war, bearing witness to the power of protest, the fight for majority rule and the defense of free speech.
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