Robert Reich, Secretary of Labor under Bill Clinton and current Professor of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley, discusses what’s at stake this year, explaining it is not merely Republicans versus Democrats, conservatives versus liberals. There is a larger battle at stake – the battle between repressives and progressives. _____________________ More Robert Reich videos _____________________ […]
Stephen Colbert took on Mitt Romney and his inability to connect or relate with regular working class Americans. Speaking of Romney’s speech at a fundraiser on July 16th, Colbert said, Romney once and for all dispelled his image of a “detached, tone-deaf, body-snatching pond creature.” At the Mississippi fundraiser, Romney told wealthy donors that: “I […]
In a web-exclusive video essay, Bill Moyers says Friday’s deadly shooting in Colorado is yet another tragic indication that our society — and too many of our politicians — covet guns more than common sense or life itself. The National Rifle Association in particular, Bill says, “has turned the Second Amendment of the Constitution into […]
On Tuesday, April 24th of this year, President Obama slow jammed the news with Jimmy Fallon and the Roots on “Late Night”. Before taking his place on a stool Obama said “I’m President Barack Obama, and I, too, would like to Slow Jam the News.” Fallon joined in along the way calling Obama the “Preezy […]
Jon Stewart spoke with Sigourney Weaver earlier this week about her role in the new USA Network show Political Animals. Political Animals is a six episode American miniseries that premiered on July 15, 2012, and will air Sundays at 10/9c. In the series, Sigourney Weaver plays Elaine Barrish, a HillaryClinton like figure who becomes U.S. Secretary […]