The Nation.



For America's Sake

By Bill Moyers

January 18, 2007

In a recent speech in New York sponsored by The Nation, Demos, the Brennan Center for Justice and the New Democracy Project, Bill Moyers argues that it's time our leaders recognize Americans hold a set of values that contradict the conservative agenda that has dominated politics for a generation. Read the whole text here.

About Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers is a journalist and president of the Schumann Center for Media and Democracy. more...

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