Bill Moyers Journal (2007-2010); Senator Dick Durbin; Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot

May 8, 2009

Bill Moyers speaks with Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), who declared that banks "are still the most powerful lobby on Capitol Hill. And they frankly own the place." Moyers and Durbin discuss campaign finance reform, keeping homes from foreclosure, big lobbying and making Washington work for the people rather than special interests. And Bill Moyers talks with Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, one of America's leading educators and author of THE THIRD CHAPTER: PASSION, RISK, AND ADVENTURE IN THE 25 YEARS AFTER 50. Lawrence-Lightfoot is the first African American woman in the history of Harvard to have an endowed professorship named in her honor. She's been on the faculty for 37 years and her career as a scholar has won her the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship and the George Ledlie Prize for research. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.