NOW
A weekly show including documentary reporting, in-depth one-on-one interviews and articulate commentary from a wide variety of media-makers and those behind the headlines. The series shed light on a wide range of issues confronting the nation, including the Enron scandal, corporate tax havens, conflict in the Middle East, and the Wars on Terror and Iraq. NOW also explored American culture through interviews with major authors, religious leaders, and artists. Bill Moyers, one of America’s foremost journalists, added his voice to insightful documentary reporting, breaking news analysis, and articulate commentary. Essential viewing for the engaged citizen, NOW viewers are informed and challenged by the series, which provides insight into the important issues facing the nation and the globe. Each week, NOW provided viewers with the necessary context to explore their relationship to larger issues and to make sense out of the events shaping our time. (2002-2004)
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EDITORS' PICKS
January 18, 2002 | Updated March 20, 2015 | NOWThe inaugural episode of NOW explored the complex and perplexing new dynamic facing Muslims in America and reported on the energy industry's undue influence on legislation.
January 25, 2002 | NOWIn this episode, NOW asks former Enron employees if there had been signs of the company's impending collapse, and profiles a 9-11 widow speaking out against war.
February 1, 2002 | NOWThis NOW episode looked at a little-known NAFTA provision that may threaten American democracy and profiled undocumented workers who were victims of September 11.
February 15, 2002 | NOWThis episode of NOW questioned whether there any areas of opinion that should be off-limits in the classroom, and considered how people of differing faiths could communicate better.
February 22, 2002 | NOWIn this story of unspeakable tragedy and the painful search for justice, NOW introduces some of the tens of thousands of young girls — many now HIV-positive — who have been raped in South Africa.
March 8, 2002 | NOWNOW considers the consequences of gas drilling in the American West, including the disposal of millions of gallons of ground water, then looks at the racial and power struggles of Zimbabwe's election.
March 8, 2002NOW travels to northern Wyoming to examine the environmental impact of fracking there.
March 15, 2002 | NOWThis episode of NOW looked at increased violence in the Middle East and told the story of a man kept behind bars out of suspicion following September 11.
March 22, 2002 | NOWOne month before his assassination, NOW talked with Marwan Zaloum, who personally selected and trained suicide bombers to carry out attacks against Israeli soldiers and civilians.
March 29, 2002 | NOWNOW travels to Portland, Oregon where we meet working Americans who are struggling to afford food for their families.
April 5, 2002 | NOWIn this episode, NOW goes to the West Bank to understand why settlements have become the tinderbox of war and looks at the history of the Freedom of Information Act.
April 12, 2002 | NOWNOW looks at the increasing gap between CEO and worker take-home pay, and how our astonishing diversity may be the greatest challenge facing law enforcement in our big cities.
April 19, 2002 | NOWHave Big Tobacco companies grown so powerful they can disregard international law?
April 26, 2002 | NOWThis episode of NOW With Bill Moyers looks at the shrinking of mass media and consolidation of radio stations, remembers Shakespeare, and looks back at the LA riots 10 years earlier.
April 26, 2002Bill interviews author Herman Gollob on the modern relevance of Shakespeare's work.
