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Bill Moyers, who has died aged 91, was a young Baptist minister who became White House press secretary to President Lyndon Johnson and later one of American television’s most respected commentators.
Johnson added a monumental new institution to his Great Society: the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a “miracle in ...
The rule was introduced by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1954 when he was serving as the U.S. Senate majority leader.
Cutting funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting could be catastrophic for local stations, particularly those in ...
The president can’t seek a third term. But he might continue to dominate U.S. politics.
In early April of 1968, President Lyndon Johnson ordered an operation that demanded the cooperation of the Marines, the Air ...
The “Good Trouble Lives On” national day of action honors the late congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis. Protests ...
Proponents of public TV and radio say they provide essential information for free. Critics of public broadcasters argue that ...
President Trump’s criticism of Jay Powell has increasingly triggered calls for the Federal Reserve’s independence. But those defending Powell’s autonomy are making ahistorical claims about the ...
A new policy bars immigrants without legal status from enrolling in Head Start, a federally funded preschool program ...
Last week, the IRS said it wants to do away with a 71-year-old prohibition barring churches from endorsing political ...
As Trump proposes cutting Appalachian Regional Commission, Central Appalachia's coalfields and rural counties remain mired in ...