A look at the workers and community leaders being uprooted to serve in the National Guard, a conversation about Dan Rathers and the George W. Bush controversy, and a global warming prediction.

A look at a report on the size and scope of the international oil and gas industry and its governmental influence; inside America's moral debate; and are tough cuts necessary to save Medicaid?

This episode looks at both sides of a debate over a proposed EPA regulation of power plants' mercury emissions, checks in with Deborah Amos in Iraq, and hears from Elizabeth Warren on interest rates.

A look at American and British media's failure to question the narratives provided by their governments, and the Sierra Club's efforts to expose Dick Cheney's relationships with energy insiders while writing energy policy.

Bill talks with journalists who wrote a behind-the-scenes book on the media, invented fact-check style journalism and defied gender barriers.

Christine Todd Whitman recounts the controversies that dogged her tenure as head of the EPA, and National Environmental Trust's Philip Clapp discusses the influence of the oil and nuclear industries.

NOW visits India, where skilled workers are taking over technology and service positions for some of America's biggest corporations, and considers the effects of education budget cuts.

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.

Jon Stewart on his unique brand of news delivery and why his show has a unique niche in a sea of cable news and talk shows. And can judges with strong ideological convictions set aside their personal beliefs and uphold the law?

NOW examines how Israel finds billions to fund the controversial building of settlements, and the potential commercial development of a million acres of untouched land in Florida's panhandle.