An investigation into the back-room deals giving Big Media more control than ever over what Americans consume and read, and a look at what it would take for Democrats to reclaim the South.

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

The money influencing the 2004 presidential election, a look at whether American corporations should be held accountable for business dealings overseas, and a Muslim activist trying to change her religion.

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.

The largely unnoticed battles of wounded veterans, the relationship between Big Media conglomerates and government, and myths about productivity, professional mobility and the middle class.

The bitter battle over President Bush's nominee for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, a conversation with the man at the helm of The Economist, and the political effects of piety in government.

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.

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.

This episode of NOW looks at the state of the Iraq War, considers how ancient poetry transcends time, and considers what happens when companies renege on their pension agreements.

How can the American corrections system break the cycles of addiction and incarceration? A look at the psyche of Iran, and should colleges offer race-based affirmative action?