Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

The presidential campaign may get all the attention, but Washington, D.C. is also preparing for a full slate of local primaries on September 9. And nowhere has that election generated as much candidate interest than in Ward 8, where a...

This summer's Olympic Games feature record-breaking performances sure to go down in athletic history. But some headline-grabbing stories have nothing to do with sport. We explore athletic achievements and the controversies demanding...

An uneasy political truce in Pakistan existed between President Pervez Musharraf and opposition leaders since they gained power in elections earlier this year. This morning, in the face of possible impeachment proceedings from parliament...

George Pelecanos writes gripping crime stories in novels and on TV's The Wire. His latest book is based on an actual violent incident that occurred in Montgomery County in the early 1970s. He joins Kojo to talk about the way our...