Chemical Warfare

Public health advocates organize around a Bill Moyers PBS special on the chemical industry and the hazards it creates.

"...of 46. She teamed up with crusading lawyer William "Billy" Baggett Jr., the son of a famous Southern litigator,..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Don Hazen

TV Eye

No more Moyers – now what'll we do for news?

"...sign-off tonight. After 30 years as a broadcast journalist, Bill Moyers, host of Now With Bill Moyers, is retiring..."

Dec. 17, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

Corporate media giants cause journalism to become less competitive; Walter Cronkite and Bill Moyers speak at The Daily Texan's 100th birthday event; Grassroots Media Conference held in Austin

"...the government to create the system. These are socialist billionaires in a way. They've gotten rich due to the..."

Oct. 15, 1999 News Column by Lee Nichols

Letters at 3AM: That Word 'Oligarchy'

Oligarchy is upon us, claw and beak, and has been for some time

"...But the killer diller is Bill Moyers' interview with Krugman (Moyers & Company, April 18),..."

July 11, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

TV Eye

Bill Moyers and Joseph Campbell remind us of a time when a talk show largely meant listening.

"...PBS series featured a very young (and often perplexed-looking) Bill Moyers interviewing the now-legendary Joseph Campbell on the origins..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye

TV Eye unpacks SXSW 08 and christens TV on the Internet

"...the future of New TV. 'Body of War' on 'Bill Moyers Journal'..."

March 21, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

What's Anchoring Neal?

Spelce's Ninth Wave Hangs Ten With Charles Kuralt

"...do seem to be living up to their advance billing -- they're clever, insightful, and well-researched. And if by..."

April 4, 1997 Screens Feature by Andy Langer

TV Eye

Sanitized for your protection

"...article titled "Barton Wants to Investigate TV News," by Bill McConnell, in the Sept. 28 issue of Broadcasting &..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Bedside Manner: Books In My Possession, Which I May or May Not Read

A consumer guide to recent purchases

"...thinking we can keep racking it up and the bill never comes due. I really enjoyed Bill Moyers’ interview..."

Dec. 1, 2011 Books Post by Wells Dunbar

TV Eye

What a mess the FCC is making of things.

"...meets on June 2 was shown on NOW With Bill Moyers (PBS) on April 4. While Powell claims that..."

May 9, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

Microradio wins FCC approval, but advocates of the low-wattage stations say the rules for winning a license will prohibit most stations and silence the microradio community's radical voice.

"...the other side of the fence as well. A bill has been introduced in Congress by Rep. Michael G...."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. Fooling With Words by Bill Moyers..."

Oct. 15, 1999 Books Column

Postscripts

Unconvincing

"...reporter Helen Thomas on the 22nd at noon; and Bill Moyerson the 29th at noon...."

Aug. 27, 1999 Books Column by Clay Smith

Nothing Civil About It

Austin Film Society spotlights 'Slavery by Another Name'

"...little-known today? When Blackmon appeared as a guest on Bill Moyers' PBS show, Moyers asked him this very question:..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

'Big Media is Ravenous. It Never Gets Enough.'

Incredible speech from Bill Moyers on the democratic need for media reform

"...spurting from the ruptured vein of a soldier." – Bill Moyers addressing the National Conference on Media Reform, Friday,..."

Jan. 18, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

TV Eye

Good riddance to Bill Maher, with reservations.

"...nine years (four on Comedy Central, five on ABC), Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect is finally being put down, with..."

June 28, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Navasky & Barsamian

Former editor of The Nation discusses the role of the alternative press

"...based in Boulder, Colo., that regularly features guests like Bill Moyers, Jello Biafra, Howard Zinn, and Arundhati Roy and..."

April 7, 2006 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

TV Eye

Keeping one eye on television and the other on pop culture.

"...half the numbers of his Fox News Network rival Bill O'Reilly. At press time, the show appears to be..."

July 26, 2002 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Media Clips

The top 10 media events of 1999.

"...council and Lower Colorado River Authority -- a $1.1 billion, 50-year water contract -- they felt the lash of..."

Jan. 7, 2000 News Column by Lee Nichols

The Way Home

Zach Theatre gives Robert Schenkkan's All the Way its Texas premiere on LBJ's home turf

"...Voting Rights Act as well as the 60 education bills he passed and Great Society initiatives like the war..."

April 10, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: Standing Our Ground Against ALEC

The corporate bill caucus you never elected

"...touching parody of democracy: Member legislators vote on proposed bills alongside their corporate sponsors, and if both groups concur,..."

July 26, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Fearing a Return of Monopolies

"...passed the Telecommunications Act and was signed by President Bill Clinton. The Republican Congress and both parties bowed to..."

Nov. 19, 2007 Postmarks

Letters at 3AM

Statistics on American education tell a dreadful story, the story of an advanced technological society slipping back to a state of ignorance and superstition

"...stories before people read them." Which means that our Bill of Rights often is taught poorly or not at..."

Feb. 18, 2005 Column by Michael Ventura

Those Were the Days

Earlier this spring, University of Texas Press began publishing a series of books about politics in Texas. Because the editors of the series, which is spearheaded by Don Carleton, the director of UT's Center for American History, understand that it's more interesting to read about underdogs than the ruling class, all three books in the series are about Texas liberals. Here's a brief overview of the series.

"...Seashore and establishing Medicare and the Cold War G.I. Bill), and explains why later generations of left-leaning Texas Democrats..."

April 26, 2002 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Naked City

Harold Simmons' political contributions could get him a West Texas Waste Dump & Austin environmentalists rally around the documentary film Green.

"...to Gov. Rick Perry makes Waste Control's nuclear waste bill veto-proof. Other beneficiaries of Simmons' largesse include Attorney General..."

March 30, 2001 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Page Two

Memoir of a former Daily Texan.

"...actually, from Walter Cronkite, Liz Smith, Liz Carpenter, and Bill Moyers to Lisa Beyer, John Schwartz, Bill Booth, and..."

Oct. 1, 1999 Column by Louis Black

Texas Tropes

Is Don Graham Really Texas' Literary Curmudgeon?

"...all sang his praises. In person, Graves filled the bill, too. Kind, modest, well-read, off-the-cuff, informal, he seemed like..."

Aug. 7, 1998 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Review: The Margaret Slovak Trio, Ballad for Brad

Jazz guitarist pulls beauty out of tragedy and triumph

"...the waltzing "Courage, Truth and Hope," dedicated to journalist Bill Moyers, and the lovely "Flowers for Marie," nodding to..."

July 8, 2022 Music Feature by Michael Toland

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...According to Bill Moyers, while Barbara Jordan was a state senator, half..."

June 24, 2022 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Politics Gift Guide 2021: Ain't That Good News

Some gift ideas for the politically and civically minded

"...family) in 1956 to replace a part-time writer named Bill Moyers – you may have heard of him –..."

Dec. 3, 2021 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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