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President Bush emerged from his 2004 victory a strengthened political figure, but as he moves toward the upcoming mid-term elections that will leave him a lame duck, he has struggled with a series of challenges.

Bill Moyers examines the deteriorating and increasingly corrupt state of affairs that our government has devolved into and the accompanying divisiveness sweeping the country. Is there hope for things to improve? For the first time in his life, Moyers isn't optimistic.

Sebastian Junger, one of the most adventurous and perceptive writers today, reads selections from Fire, a riveting collection of literary journalism.

Robert Reich has served in four national administrations including those of Presidents Ford, Carter, Clinton, and Obama.

God is not dead in America, but the old-time religion has virtually disappeared.

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer of Martin Luther King, Jr.,Taylor Branch explores America in the King years, 1965-68. Presented by the Walter H. Capps Center at UCSB.

Join scientist and renowned historian Naomi Oreskes as she describes her investigation into the reasons for such widespread mistrust and misunderstanding of scientific consensus and probes the history of organized campaigns designed to create public doubt and confusion about science.

Debate about the state of the news media features Eric Alterman, columnist for "The Nation" and author of "What Liberal Media?", and Tucker Carlson, former host of CNN's "Crossfire".

Kevin Phillips examines the axis of religion, politics, and borrowed money that threatens to destroy the nation.

Journalist Andrew Sullivan talks about the problems and rewards that come with legalizing same-sex marriages.