With city, state and county governments facing unprecedented budget shortfalls, how does the cost of war in the Middle East worsen the crisis in our communities?

Fleeing civil war, flooding, and famine, thousands of young men leave the villages of southern China to seek their fortunes in the California Gold Rush.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace's Jessica Tuchman Mathews' 2003 warning against the Iraq War and the disturbing increase in pharmaceutical advertising.

Libertarian conservative Lew Rockwell on war's long-term economic effects, and New York Times foreign correspondent Chris Hedges on the human toll of war.

Bill Moyers talks with Shirley Young, an inspiring woman who survived the Japanese occupation of the Philippines to become a pioneer of market research.

Part Two tells the story of these hostile years when Chinese Americans existed in a kind of limbo, denied rights in their new country and no longer at home in their former one.

NOW looks at the future of digital intellectual property, considers the ethics of the Estate Tax, and looks back at what prompted the Clear Air Act.

NOW with Bill Moyers reports on accusations that managers at some Wal-Mart stores often pressured employees to work overtime without pay, saving the company millions in wages.

Three years before Hurricane Katrina, this episode of NOW considers what would happen if New Orleans were struck by a massive hurricane. Bill Moyers also interviews author and activist Arundhati Roy.

Some 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?