An investigation into how diminished government transparency leaves the public — and democracy — at risk, and conversations with Pulitzer winner Dorothy Rabinowitz and NY Attorney General Eliot Spitzer.

What happens when the US spends more on defense than education, transportation, the environment, and agriculture combined? Meanwhile, photographs show the human cost of war.

A three-part investigation into the roots of growing US economic inequality, and the often-forgotten human toll of government policies that favor corporations over individuals.

A battle between union workers and corporate efforts to cut pay and benefits, politicians who tout their religions but don't help those in need, and the plight of women in Afghanistan.

The Houston superintendent was tapped to be Secretary of Education — but was his model so "successful" thanks to high cheating drop-out rates? And should insurance companies treat chemical addit

Supporters say faith-based charities step in to take care of people when government social service agencies can't, but critics contend some are vehicles to push religion on vulnerable clients.

NOW met with 9/11 widows demanding answers about the terrorist attacks, and heard from FEC Commissioner Scott Thomas on the pressure for Democrats to give into soft money contributions.

A look at the "military, industrial, congressional complex" — a self-perpetuating system that produces unneeded weapons and creates huge deficits.

An investigation into what Congress can do to stop big media from getting even bigger, and a look at some of the most hotly debated topics of the early 2000s, including stem cell research, gene therapy and cloning.

NOW examines how the tuna industry's influence on the FDA may cause mercury poisoning, discusses the health of US democracy compared to Great Britain, and looks at a model healthcare facility.