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NOW is a welcome and nutritious addition to the rich menu of choices available on PBS. And, equally important, it is fearless about challenging conventional wisdom, a too rare quality these days. --Tom Brokaw People look at the wreckage in the world and ask, What can I do? Here are some answers by people who didn't wait for others to answer it. You will not read their stories without being inspired to act -- and that's the beginning of hope for democracy. --Bill Moyers Your America is a wonderful tonic for cynicism and despair. It brims with real life heroes, from scholars to barbers to bureacrats to businesspeople, who remind us that one determined person can begin to turn the world. --Scott Simon, NPR In this uplifting collection of profiles, Siceloff and Maloney, producers of the PBS program Now, spotlight individuals who have sparked successful community action without resources or (in most cases) any political or organizing experience....will inspire and embolden all readers. -- Publishers Weekly During a presidential election season dominated by talk of change--from the top down--a new book shows how the disempowered in America are making a difference from the ground up. -- Roll Call

<p> NOW is a welcome and nutritious addition to the rich menu of choices available on PBS. And, equally important, it is fearless about challenging conventional wisdom, a too rare quality these days. &nbsp; --Tom Brokaw<p> People look at the wreckage in the world and ask, What can I do? Here are some answers by people who didn't wait for others to answer &nbsp;it. You will not read their stories without being inspired to act -- and that's the beginning of hope for democracy. &nbsp; --Bill Moyers<p> Your America is a wonderful tonic for cynicism and despair. It brims with real life heroes, from scholars to barbers to bureacrats to businesspeople, who remind us that one determined person can begin to turn the world. --Scott Simon, NPR In this uplifting collection of profiles, Siceloff and Maloney, producers of the PBS program Now, spotlight individuals who have sparked successful community action without resources or (in most cases) any political or organizing experience....will ins

NOW is a welcome and nutritious addition to the rich menu of choices available on PBS. And, equally important, it is fearless about challenging conventional wisdom, a too rare quality these days. --Tom Brokaw<p> People look at the wreckage in the world and ask, What can I do? Here are some answers by people who didn't wait for others to answer it. You will not read their stories without being inspired to act -- and that's the beginning of hope for democracy. --Bill Moyers<p> Your America is a wonderful tonic for cynicism and despair. It brims with real life heroes, from scholars to barbers to bureacrats to businesspeople, who remind us that one determined person can begin to turn the world. --Scott Simon, NPR In this uplifting collection of profiles, Siceloff and Maloney, producers of the PBS program Now, spotlight individuals who have sparked successful community action without resources or (in most cases) any political or organizing experience....will inspire and embolden all readers. -- Publishers Weekly During a presidential election season dominated by talk of change--from the top down--a new book shows how the disempowered in America are making a difference from the ground up. -- Roll Call

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John Siceloff is the creator and executive producer of PBS's NOW. An award-winning producer for such shows as 20/20, Primetime Live, and Dateline, he is also the recipient of the DuPont Award, Peabody Award, and Emmy Award. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post. He lives in New York, NY. Jason Maloney is a news and documentary producer who has worked for NOW. His work includes reports for PBS' NewsHour. He was recently the editorial producer on the documentary on the AQ Kahn network entitled ""Nuclear Jihad,"" which won the DuPont Award. He lives in New York, NY.

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