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This program with Bill Moyers examines why America has become an unfriendly culture for families and children, and explores ways to rebuild a web of support for families. Among those featured on the program are Rosalie Streett, Exec. Director of Parent Action (Baltimore, MD); Jill Bradley, Director of Child Care Services, Chicago Housing Authority; and Richard Louv, author of the book Childhood's Future. They discuss some of the practical steps needed...

Painfully familiar with the clash of personal and religious expression, Salman Rushdie can now be seen as a literary sentinel regarding the rise of Islamic extremism. In this program, Bill Moyers talks with the author of Shame, The Satanic Verses, and Shalimar the Clown about the impact of 9/11, about tension between moderate and radical Islam, and about the need to hold the line on fundamentalism even when it leads to personal risk. A reading by...

This program features: Call and Promise, in which God makes his covenant with Abraham, and A Family Affair, which describes Abraham's relationship with Sarah's servant Hagar. Joining Bill Moyers are theologian Lewis Smedes, author Bharati Mukherjee, scholar Robert Alter, law professor Azizah al-Hibri, pastor Eugene Rivers, theatrical writer and performer Elizabeth Swados, and Rabbi Burton Visotzky. Together they address topics such as what it means...

In this program, Bill Moyers talks with scholar, writer, and economist Charles Issawi about the sources of Arab resentment toward the West and the possibility of better relations in the future. Issawi explains the Arab world's reluctance to modernize and its aversion to the secular nature of Western society - especially in the area of sexual freedom. The history of Islamic fundamentalism in the Arab world is traced, and its impact on Arab/West relations...

This program features conversations with a variety of people who have explored the heart of hatred. A Los Angeles gang member uses hate as a survival weapon. White supremacist leader Tom Metzger defends his policies of hate both in a court of law and in interviews. A former Israeli soldier tells how he disguised himself as a Palestinian in order to better understand the source of his own hatred. High school students in Bensonhurst, New York, discuss...

John McCain has secured the Republican nomination, but after denouncing religious extremism eight years ago, can he win the hearts and minds of the Christian right? In this program, Bill Moyers reports on popular conservative evangelist John Hagee-leader of the politically powerful group Christians United for Israel-and his controversial endorsement of McCain. Afterward, Moyers talks about the state and future of conservatism in light of McCain's...

For five seasons, The Wire brought the poorly understood world of the inner city into living rooms across the country. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers is joined by the creator of that critically acclaimed drama series, David Simon-an award-winning screenwriter who is also a former police reporter at The Baltimore Sun and the author of Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets. Together they talk about urban crime and politics, the art and...

In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers is joined by historian Juan Cole and GlobalPost journalist Shahan Mufti to examine how America's increasingly strained relationship with Pakistan will impact the prospects for peace, human rights, and democracy in that war-torn region. Moyers then speaks with Daniel Goleman, author of Ecological Intelligence, about building awareness of how consumer products impact the environment and whether the concept...

In this edition of Moyers & Company, Bill speaks with Robert A. Williams Jr., a professor specializing in American Indian law, about American Indian's tragic history of dispossession. Williams says stereotypes about American Indians have been codified into laws and government policies, with devastating consequences. Williams, who is of Lumbee Indian heritage, says, "very much like African-Americans, the history of America is taking away resources,...

In this edition of Moyers and Company, Bill points to the changing skyline of Manhattan as the physical embodiment of how money and power impact the lives and neighborhoods of every day people. Soaring towers being built at the south end of Central Park, with apartments selling from $30 million to $90 million, are beginning to block the light on the park below. Many of the apartments are being sold at those sky high prices to the international super...