This week on NOW:
The working poor of South Texas are surrounded by signs of prosperity:
new houses, new malls, new construction. But the economic boom in the
area is actually widening the gap between the wealthy and the working
poor. The dream for many immigrant families of working hard, educating
their kids, and moving up the economic ladder is becoming increasingly
that, just a dream. NOW takes viewers inside the hardscrabble world of
two migrant families trying to break out. One is a family of migrant
farm workers which was forced to choose between barely earning a living
in the fields or educating their kids. The other is a grandmother who's
starting her life over again after the factory where she worked shut
down and moved to Mexico. NOW correspondent Michele Mitchell examines
this unique cycle of poverty and looks at the potential outcomes of a
public policy debate that may mean the difference for the nation's
poorest workers.
Before the war in Iraq, Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) read 30 questions
to the House that they should be asking before going to war. This
Saturday, Rep. Paul will be one of the speakers addressing the 2004
Libertarian Party Convention. As libertarians in Atlanta gather to name
their candidate, Bill Moyers talks with again with Representative Paul
to discuss what he thinks are the key issues in the upcoming election
and how he sees the war in Iraq.
As the November elections draw ever nearer, the polls point to the
dramatic polarization of American politics. What is on the minds of
voters on the left and on the right? And what messages are the
President and Senator Kerry conveying? David Brancaccio sits down with
ABCNews Correspondent Michel Martin and Economist Washington
Correspondent Adrian Wooldridge to discuss where they see each campaign
headed and how politics of left and right is playing out at home and
abroad.
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