Bill Moyers describes the effect of the growing inequality of income in America - where the average real income of  the bottom 90% of American taxpayers fell by 7% between 1973 and 2000.  He gives several moving stories of the impact of being poor and living in a poor neighborhood with schools with little funding, and compares this with the growth and financial success of large financial institutions.  He concludes with a challenge to each of us to learn the facts of present day American economic realities and calls forth the better angels of our nature, imbues us with our democratic impulse, and articulates our American Identity with its exceptional purpose and promise. Click Here for the entire speech.

In 1963, historian Howard Zinn was fired from Spelman College, where he was chair of the History Department, because of his involvement in the black freedom movement. This year, he was honored by the school and invited to give the commencement address. Click Here for the text of his speech at Spelman, given on May 15, 2005.

Iraq War Veteran Lance Cpl Michael Hoffman speaking recently about his experiences and why he is opposed to the war. Click Here to see a Video of the speech (may not work on all browsers).

Senator Ted Kennedy spoke at the The Johns' Hopkins School Of International Studies about "America's Future in Iraq" - "It is time to recognize that there is only one choice.  America must give Iraq back to the Iraqi people... We need to let the Iraqi people make their own decisions, reach their own consensus, and govern their own country ..." Click Here to see the complete text of the speech.