This week on NOW:
This week, President Bush tapped Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin
Powell as Secretary of State, the nation's highest cabinet post. Her
performance as National Security Advisor has raised questions about her
credibility and competence. Critics point to her mismanagement of
crucial intelligence leading up to 9/11 and say she misled the American
people about the reasons for going to war in Iraq. NOW takes a hard
look at the track record of Condoleezza Rice as she prepares to become
America's top diplomat.
Michele Mitchell takes viewers inside a story of greed that has shocked
even the most hardened Washington insiders and follows the trail of
lobbyists who allegedly bilked several of the nation's Indian tribes out
of tens of millions. NOW travels to the Tigua Indian Reservation in El
Paso, Texas, where gaming revenues pulled a people out of poverty and
brought them a better way of life. When a Texas court shut down their
casino, the Tiguas were desperate, and what happened next is an
eye-opening example of how greed, hypocrisy and backroom deals are
corrupting the way Washington works and having real world consequences
for Americans.
How can the United States achieve social justice when the economic deck
is stacked against the poor and people of color? David Brancaccio talks
to experts on social justice Angela Glover Blackwell and Manuel Pastor
who say that America needs to seize on the momentum for change coming
out of the election and focus it on lifting up the communities that need
help the most. Blackwell runs a national organization called PolicyLink
that advocates economic and social equity, and Pastor is a professor of
Latin American and Latino studies and director of the Center for
Justice, Tolerance, and Community at the University of California at
Santa Cruz. They are co-authors along with Stewart Kwoh of SEARCHING
FOR THE UNCOMMON COMMON GROUND: NEW DIMENSIONS ON RACE IN AMERICA.
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