Max Blumenthal – Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party

Talk by Max Blumenthal author of “Republican Gomorrah: Inside the Movement that Shattered the Party” given September 24, 2009 at Town Hall Seattle. Find out more via Max’s website at:

Taryn Simon photographs secret sites

Taryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography — to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise. She shares two projects: one documents otherworldly locations typically kept secret from the public, the other involves haunting portraits of men convicted for crimes they did not commit. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the [...]

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | William K. Black

The financial industry brought the economy to its knees, but how did they get away with it? With the nation wondering how to hold the bankers accountable, Bill Moyers sits down with Bill Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during the savings and loan crisis of the 1980s. Black offers his [...]

Making Government Transparent

Ellen Miller of The Sunlight Foundation, discusses way to use the Internet to make government more transparent. Program from August 15, 2009.

BILL MOYERS JOURNAL Modern Media Madness

From headlines surrounding the health care debate to media frenzy over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, NPR’s On the Media host Brooke Gladstone and NYU journalism professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen sort the messages and spin from the week’s news.