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
May 3, 2002NOW follows the effort of one aid worker fighting to make a difference in the rebuilding of Afghanistan.
May 3, 2002 | NOWHumanitarian aid agency Concern Worldwide works to feed the starving people of Afghanistan, Jimmy Carter and Bill Gates raise AIDS awareness, and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg talks glass ceilings.
May 10, 2002In this special report, Bill investigates if everyday chemicals are harming our kids.
May 17, 2002 | NOWProducers visit Connecticut, where the gap between rich and poor was growing faster than in any other state, and Maine to consider a debate on single-payer health insurance.
May 24, 2002 | NOWThis episode featured a landmark counseling center helping children traumatized by 9/11, and looked into the atrocities committed in the war for the independence, of Aceh, a remote Indonesian province.
May 31, 2002 | NOWFollowing a Merrill Lynch scandal, NOW investigated how Wall Street games the system to hurt investors. A second segment covered ways to decrease suicide bombings in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
June 7, 2002 | NOWBill revisits several veterans from his 1990 documentary about veterans and D-Day.
June 14, 2002 | NOWWhen the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the world's most brutal terror groups, appeared to be having second thoughts, experts considered whether they were to be trusted. And John Sayles on his new movie.
June 21, 2002 | NOWAs US communities fought a government plan to truck nuclear waste across the country, NOW looked at an Alabama town that suffered the consequences of toxic waste for years.
June 28, 2002 | NOWTwo hundred thousand women are diagnosed with breast cancer each year. But what happens if a woman opts for the test and the person reading it isn't up to the job? What can you do to protect yourself?
July 12, 2002 | NOWA focused conversation on the role of Islam in shaping the politics of the Middle East, American perceptions of the beliefs of Muslims, and Arab views on the role of America in their region.
July 19, 2002 | NOWOur landfills are filling up with some pretty noxious stuff, including computers and TV sets. The issue of E-waste is global, especially since many countries ship their toxic leftovers overseas.
July 26, 2002 | NOWSome Americans avoid paying their rightful share of taxes, sometimes with the help of the world's biggest banks. And are we doing enough to help America's foster children?
August 2, 2002 | NOWCoal has been a major part of the consciousness of the industrialized world for centuries. What role does coal play in the US and the world?
August 9, 2002Bill Moyers interviews consumer advocate, author, and former presidential candidate Ralph Nader
