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Five Buildings in Beijing
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
June 26, 2008
Washington Post Architecture Critic Philip Kennicott explores the forests of new buildings springing up in every corner of Beijing, from blue chip projects such as the CCTV tower to the workers' sheds that are probably the most common structure in the Chinese capital....
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Justin's Got Game
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
May 31, 2006
Justin Jenifer learned to dribble a basketball when he was three. He is now 10 and plays point guard for two Maryland traveling teams, one of which placed ninth in the nation last year in the 10-and-under category....
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One Man's Success
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2006
Jonathan Shanks believes there are two types of people:Those who are book smart and those who have skills. He's of the latter. He didn't go to college, though his father and sister both earned degrees. Instead, Shanks entered the workforce after high school. His interest in fair wages for black men ...
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Fatherless
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
December 14, 2006
Teens share their thoughts on growing up without a father at the Ophelia Egypt Center, an after school program sponsored by Planned Parenthood....
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Chris's Way Up
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
March 02, 2007
Four months ago, Chris Cunningham, 31, decided to make a career change. As a waiter and bartender he made good money, but he knew that in the long term that he would always struggle to support his growing family. So when he found out from a friend about a full-time 15-week computer tech training pro...
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Contamination and a Crusade
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
March 19, 2007
Sheila Holt-Orsted says her family wasn't properly warned after toxic waste at a nearby landfill polluted their well water. She is now battling cancer, and the officials who refute her allegations of environmental racism....
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The Culture Broker
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
June 03, 2007
While in Iraq, Staff Srgt. Felix Herrera worked in a civil affairs unit that provided supplies to schools. He now teaches English as a second language to teenage immigrants, some recently arrived from Iraq, at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Va....
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Redefining China's Family: Women
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
June 26, 2007
China's staggering economic growth has overshadowed a more subtle shift in Chinese society. In domestic life, many women are now ignore the advice of their mothers and grandmothers, turning instead to counseling hotlines and, increasingly, divorce....
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Living With PTSD: Richard Hoffman
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
July 06, 2007
Richard Hoffman was 18 years old when he deployed to Vietnam in 1967. The young Marine Cpl. Hoffman was wounded by a grenade after only a few months and returned to the states to recover. He didn't realize it then, but he suffered the classic symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Only after a ...
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Senate Slumber Party
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
July 20, 2007
The Washington Post's Dana Milbank sketches the all-night Senate debate on Iraq that was as much theater as substance. Story: To Sleep, Perchance to Dream Video by Pierre Kattar / washingtonpost.com...
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'Without the Video, It's Just an Attack'
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
October 01, 2007
Insurgent groups in Iraq and Afghanistan are using handheld video cameras to chronicle their operations, including the assembly and emplacement of roadside bombs targeting U.S. forces, to recruit and raise money. Ben Venzke, CEO of the counterterror intelligence group IntelCenter, explains the role ...
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Back of the Pack
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
October 01, 2007
A look at life on the campaign trail with Mike Gravel, currently last among Democratic presidential contenders in both funds and polls.Video by Pierre Kattar | Read the Story...
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Learning to Say 'I love You'
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2007
After years of devoting their lives to work instead of their wives, a group of Japanese salary men have formed the National Chauvinistic Association to learn how to show their wives -- through their daily behavior -- that they truly still love them.Video by Ben de la Cruz and Nancy Donaldson / washi...
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Overfishing Affects Tokyo's Tuna Supply
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2007
Japan eats more tuna than any other country in the world, consuming about a quarter of the global catch. As other countries increase their imports of tuna, Japan is making major quota cuts to protect the fish. Tokyo's Tsukiji Market, the largest wholesale fish market in the world, is making major ad...
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Learning to Jam
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
November 29, 2007
Students ranging in age from 11 to 13 learn to play Superstitious by Stevie Wonder at Bach to Rock, a private music school in Bethesda, Md., for kids of all ages....
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A Nation Divided: Anger on the Left
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2007
Voters in Peterborough, N.H., many of whom have opposed the Iraq war from the beginning, are frustrated that leading Democratic presidential candidates aren't taking a tougher stand to end the conflict. Seventy percent of Americans oppose the war....
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A Nation Divided: Hanging Tough
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
November 30, 2007
Support for the war flourishes in Chapin, S.C., where military families and conservative Republicans see the Iraq war as the last bastion against terrorism and renewed attacks on the U.S. Only 30 percent of Americans support the war....
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The Mormon Question
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2007
New Hampshire Republicans discuss the importance of a candidate's faith and religion on the eve of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's speech about his Mormon faith....
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Blogging Japanese Style
from HD Podcast | washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2007
Japanese, not English, has become the dominant language of the blogosphere, according to Technorati. But unlike Americans, who often times blog to stand out, the Japanese blog to fit into society.Video by Ben de la Cruz and Nancy Donaldson / washingtonpost.com and Blaine Harden and Akiko Yamamato-Ka...
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