NOW with Bill Moyers; 2004 Convention parties, Salim Muwakkli, Michel Martin and Kevin Phillips

August 27, 2004

Bill Moyers interviews ABC News chief investigative correspondent Brian Ross about his reporting on the close ties between big corporate donors and the elected officials. Ross provides a candid look at the private parties that the Democrats and Republicans don't want you to see. And "It's a deep crisis," says senior editor of IN THESE TIMES and CHICAGO TRIBUNE op-ed columnist Salim Muwakkil about the plight of black men in the inner city. Bill Moyers interviews Muwakkil about the population he says is being ravaged by an epidemic of incarceration — an issue being ignored by both candidates this election year. BILL MOYERS JOURNAL -- Award-winning public affairs journalist Bill Moyers hosts this weekly series filled with fresh and original voices. Each hour-long broadcast features analysis of current issues and interviews with prominent figures from the worlds of arts and entertainment, religion, science, politics and the media.