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This week on NOW:
Even though President Bush's controversial plan for taxpayer-funded
vouchers to subsidize private and religious schools was killed in
Congress, the Department of Education has filtered $77 million to
private, conservative groups promoting the privatization of public
education. As millions of children go without basic educational needs,
some critics are asking: shouldn't that money have gone to saving
America's crumbling public schools? NOW looks at how Department of
Education's discretionary spending budget has been tapped and funneled
into a handful of organizations that are promoting school vouchers and
examines these groups' intimate ties to the Bush administration.
Just in from Washington where she covered this week's 9-11 hearings,
award-winning journalist Michel Martin provides a unique view of what
the commission's findings mean for America's security and the war on
terror. Martin spent more than a decade reporting on politics at THE
WASHINGTON POST and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, where she was White House
Correspondent. Currently, you can find her at ABCNews' NIGHTLINE, where
she has been a contributor for the past decade. Bill Moyers sits down
with her to take a look at what's going on in Washington, and how the
press gets information, probing the difference between uncovering truth
and disseminating spin.
The Justice Department is prosecuting some of corporate America's most
notorious executives for bilking investors out of billions. But even
while a verdict could come any day for Dennis Kozlowski, the former Tyco
chief accused of wallowing in his shareholders' money, CEO pay is
soaring on Wall Street. What happened to truth and accountability? For
answers, David Brancaccio turns to one of Wall Street's most astute
observers. Allan Sloan is NEWSWEEK'S Wall Street editor and a regular on
public radio's MARKETPLACE.
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