See the first item. For those with access to PBS. -----Original Message----- From: Public Affairs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:03 PM Subject: This week on NOW with Bill Moyers
NOW with Bill Moyers Friday, October 24, 2003 at 9PM on PBS (Check local listings at http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html) ============================================================= This week on NOW: * Are big corporations pushing families toward poverty? NOW reports on the new war on wages in DOWNWARD MOBILITY. * Bill Moyers sits down with renowned theologian Joseph Hough, who has some tough words for politicians who use religion as political capital while ignoring growing inequality gap. * After 12 years as a radio reporter, Sarah Chayes left her job at NPR to become the Kandahar director for Afghans for a Civil Society. She tells David Brancaccio why. * News you may have missed. An update from Bill Moyers and David Brancaccio. ============================================================= DOWNWARD MOBILITY In the quiet town of Jefferson, Wisconsin, there's a battle being waged between union workers and meat-processing giant Tyson Foods that may be one of the last stands in a war on wages in America. In Jefferson as around the nation, workers are facing corporate efforts to cut pay and benefits, which could lead to more American families struggling to stay out of poverty. NOW profiles this contentious and emotional labor strike, which pits a small town against the world's largest meat and poultry producer-and may foretell a bleak future for American labor and the survival of the middleclass. ============================================================= JOSEPH HOUGH Bill Moyers talks to Joseph C. Hough, president of the Union Theological Seminary, where his teaching and research interests are in social ethics, theological education, the Church and ministry. Hough discusses where politics and religion intersect and why he thinks it is the duty of Christians, Jews and Muslims to join together and fight growing economic inequality in America. Hough has sharp words for politicians who tout their religions, but don't apply its teachings to actions that could help those in need. "I'm getting tired of people claiming they're carrying the banner of my religious tradition when they're doing everything possible to undercut it. And that's what's happening in this country right now, " says Hough, "The policies of this country are disadvantaging poor people every day of our lives." ============================================================= SARAH CHAYES David Brancaccio interviews Sarah Chayes, the former NPR correspondent who reported from the Balkans, North Africa, the Middle East, and most recently covered the war in Afghanistan. Sarah took a break from radio to contribute directly to the post-conflict country and become the Kandahar director for the nonprofit, non-governmental organization, Afghans for Civil Society. Chayes updates viewers on the current situation in Afghanistan and the plight of the Afghani women. ============================================================= NOW WITH BILL MOYERS continues online at PBS.org (www.pbs.org/now). Log on to the site for facts and figures on living on low wages and income inequality around the world; for a look at the state of American unions; for an update on the situation of women in Afghanistan and the draft Afghan women's bill of rights; for links and resources on news that might have passed you by; and more. ============================================================= You have received this e-mail because you asked to be informed of information on upcoming Bill Moyers programs. To subscribe or unsubscribe from the weekly Public Affairs Television newsletter, visit www.pbs.org/now/newsletter.html. _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
