NOW on the News | PBS
Interviews with NOW on PBS correspondent Maria Hinojosa and special reports that go behind the headlines to give unique perspectives on current events.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 16 minutes
- Episodes
- 34
- Years Active
- 2006 - 2007
Camilo Mejia on Atrocities in Iraq
After serving almost nine months in a military prison for desertion, Camilo Mejia, a veteran of the Iraq conflict, talks about why he refused to return to the war in a web-exclusive interview.
00:10:17 |
Fri 27 Jul 2007
Judy Shepard: Hate Crimes Law
Ahead of a much-anticipated vote in the Senate, Judy Shepard, whose homosexual son was beaten to death in 1998, talks to NOW about why she believes the government is "giving permission" for people to…
00:08:38 |
Thu 12 Jul 2007
Reggie Cervantes: Desperate for Health Care
Reggie Cervantes, a 9-11 volunteer emergency responder featured in Michael Moore's new film "Sicko" says she's desperate for health care. Cervantes, who traveled to Cuba for Moore's new film about he…
00:09:27 |
Thu 28 Jun 2007
Robert Redford: Business Warming Up To Environment
In a Web-exclusive interview, actor, director, and environmentalist Robert Redford talks to NOW's David Brancaccio about why he thinks "change is in the air" as businesses find value in going green. …
00:08:37 |
Fri 15 Jun 2007
Robert Reich: Last Chance for Immigration Reform?
In a NOW on the News web-exclusive interview, a former secretary of labor, Robert Reich, calls the current Senate immigration bill "the last opportunity we have probably for the next ten or 15 years"…
00:09:11 |
Fri 08 Jun 2007
Cindy Sheehan: "We'll Come Back Stronger"
Days after leaving the anti-war movement Cindy Sheehan says she'll "come back stronger." Sheehan tells NOW that she plans to rest up, spend time with her family, and then continue her struggle agains…
00:10:44 |
Fri 01 Jun 2007
Bill Drayton on Social Entrepreneurs
Bill Drayton, the innovator who popularized the term "social entrepreneur," talks to Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa about what he thinks social entrepreneurship is the next big thing. Drayton ru…
00:07:56 |
Fri 25 May 2007
Matthew Burden on Military Blogging
Matthew Currier Burden, a military blogger and author of "The Blog of War," talks to Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa about new Army regulations for military bloggers and why he fears the rules wi…
00:15:59 |
Mon 14 May 2007
Chris Simcox on Undocumented Immigrants
Chris Simcox, founder and head of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, which considers its mission to be "assisting Border Patrol in better defending" the border with Mexico, talks to Senior Correspond…
00:21:40 |
Fri 04 May 2007
Ellen Bravo on Women's Pay
Activist and Writer Ellen Bravo, author of "Taking on the Big Boys," talks to Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa about why women make less money than men in the United States and what to do about it…
00:14:34 |
Fri 27 Apr 2007
Gore Vidal on the Virginia Tech Tragedy
Writer, activist, cultural critic and iconoclast Gore Vidal talks to Senior Correspondent Maria Hinojosa about what the killings at Virginia Tech, and their aftermath, say about the state of America …
00:21:46 |
Fri 20 Apr 2007
Paul Rieckoff on V.A. Crisis
This week Paul Rieckoff, the Executive Director of IAVA, whose group represents tens of thousands of veterans, sheds light on the military's "personality disorder" diagnosis, which keeps injured sold…
00:22:25 |
Fri 06 Apr 2007
Saad Eskander on Rebuilding Iraq
Saad Eskander, the Director of the Iraqi National Library and Archives, discusses the painstaking struggles he faced rebuilding a looted and burned library after the U.S. invasion in 2003. Eskander, …
00:17:38 |
Fri 23 Mar 2007
Bud Cummins on the U.S. Attorney Firings
Maria Hinojosa speaks with Bud Cummins, a former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas, who was one of eight federal prosecutors fired by the Justice Department. Cummins, a Republican, s…
00:28:49 |
Fri 16 Mar 2007
Todd Gitlin on the Libby Verdict
This week, Maria Hinojosa speaks with political writer and Columbia University Professor Todd Gitlin about the I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby trial and its wider historical perspective.
00:18:15 |
Fri 09 Mar 2007
Greg Mortenson on Building Schools in Afghanistan
This week, Maria Hinojosa speaks with humanitarian Greg Mortenson about his efforts to educate children, particularly girls, in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mortenson also shares his views on this week'…
00:15:05 |
Fri 02 Mar 2007
Angela Davis on Race in America
This week, Maria Hinojosa speaks with longtime activist Angela Davis on Race in America, Presidential Candidate Sen. Barack Obama, and the growing movement against the war in Iraq. Davis, who was onc…
00:12:17 |
Fri 23 Feb 2007
David Kang on North Korea's Nuclear Program
Maria Hinojosa speaks with David Kang, an expert on North Korea, about why the North Korean nuclear deal took so long, and how Pyongyang could still sell its arms to Al Qaeda.
00:09:01 |
Fri 16 Feb 2007
Elizabeth Warren on Debt and the Middle Class
Maria Hinojosa speaks with Elizabeth Warren, a leading expert on bankruptcy, debt and the middle class, about why so many American families are ending up in major financial trouble, and what should b…
00:16:28 |
Fri 09 Feb 2007
Jeannette Walls on Poverty and Homelessness
Jeannette Walls, author of the award winning memoir "The Glass Castle," talks to NOW about the need to help get homeless people off the streets and into housing and describes how the suffering she en…
00:21:33 |
Fri 02 Feb 2007
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