India
This program captures the increasingly political nature of Hinduism and its volatile relationship with Islam - India's leading minority religion. It argues that this volatility results from their past history, when large parts of India were dominate...
Waiting on the world to change: poverty in Camden, New Jersey
Welcome to Camden, New Jersey - one of the most economically depressed and crime-ridden cities in America. Even so, children here have hopes and dreams that compete daily with terrible hardships. This ABC News program documents the lives of three yo...
1-800-INDIA: importing a white-collar economy
Over the past decade, India has emerged as the leader in the global market for outsourced white-collar jobs - one reason for the nation's rapid economic growth. This Wide Angle case study explores the experiences of emerging Indian professionals who...
Spirits of the state: Yasukuni shrine
Tokyo's Yasukuni shrine honors and venerates the spirits of Japanese soldiers and officers - including convicted and executed war criminals. This program explores the history of the Shinto shrine, the complexity of its functions, and the controversi...
California : History: the Wild West to the 21st century
Reaching statehood in 1850, over the next 160 years California's many peoples tell the story of the Wild West - building the Transcontinental Railroad, the founding of Hollywood and the state's famous wineries in Sonoma and Napa Valleys. They tell t...
California's climate change impacts
California's Climate Change Impacts looks at the direct impact climate change is having on California's water supply, the impact on California's unique ecosystems such as the redwood forests, and the impact that rising sea levels have on its ports a...
Pacific Northwest: geography
The geography of the Pacific Northwest, including its unique temperate rainforest, is examined in this program. Detailed maps lay out the region's complicated ecology and landforms, focusing on the Pacific Northwest's volcanic past.
Pacific Northwest: history
This second program in the Pacific Northwest series presents the Pacific Northwest's history from the earliest evidence of humans and coastal hunter-gatherer societies, to logging and extraction industries and the home of corporate giants: Microsoft...
Mexico City: the largest city
This program defines Mexico City's globalization in terms of winners and losers, examining how, in the world's largest metropolis, immigration challenges are linked to poverty and population influx from surrounding rural areas. Contrasting the city'...
Ancient India
The antecedents of modern Indian culture can be traced back to the Harappan civilization, which flourished between 2300 and 1500 BC in what are now Pakistan and Afghanistan. The Aryan tribes from the Russian steppes invaded the subcontinent in 1000 ...