From luxury skyscrapers -- taller, more expensive and exclusive than ever before -- the dark shadows of plutocracy are spreading across the commons of democracy.

Journalist and creator of the TV series The Wire talks about the crisis of capitalism in America and how it's dividing our country.

Bill talks with author and New York Times journalist Mark Leibovich about his latest book, This Town, in which he writes that money rules D.C., and status is determined by who you know and what they can do for you.

A group of urban farmers in a lower-income Brooklyn neighborhood has taken on the community's lack of access to healthy food.

Using a holistic model that addresses the underlying problems driving people into the criminal justice system, an organization in New York City is redefining public defense.

Bill talks to a social activist fighting not only Chicago's powerful political establishment, but also corporate giant Wal-Mart.

Forty years after race riots in dozens of cities stunned the nation, has anything changed? Bill Moyers interviews Newark Mayor Cory Booker for an update on race and politics.

Former Sen. Fred Harris discusses the controversial report on the causes of the 1967 race riots — and the state of race in 2008.

NOW travels to Portland, Oregon where we meet working Americans who are struggling to afford food for their families.

Bill Moyers takes us on a journey through our nation's public schools, revealing the savage inequalities in American education.