The belief that America is a more mobile society than Europe is unfounded, journalist Bill Moyers says.
The meaning of being an American is at stake, journalist Bill Moyers says at the Take Back America conference in DC. A child born in poverty in Europe or in Canada has a better chance at prosperity than an American child born in poverty – a fact which knocks the America dream flat on its back. (:50)
June 3, 2005
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