Billie JD Porter explores how China's recent boom is changing people's lives fast. In bustling Guangzhou, she meets struggling migrant workers from the countryside and some super-rich supercar owners. On China's only tropical island, she sees how tourism is booming and creating new types of jobs-she samples beach life Chinese style, visits the world's largest duty free mall and second largest golf resort. As she celebrates a traditional Chinese New...

Fewer Americans are tying the knot nowadays, according to a new Pew Research report that showed 51 percent of the adult population is married, compared to 1960 when 72 percent of the country was. NewsHour correspondent Ray Suarez discusses the changing demographics of marriage in the United States with Stephanie Coontz of Evergreen State College. Origina?

Years after the women's movement burst open doors of opportunity that had long been barred, a new generation of women seems to be questioning the meaning and the value of the battles fought by their mothers and grandmothers. Has feminism somehow gone out of style? In this program, Patricia Ireland, of NOW; Phyllis Schlafly, of the Eagle Forum; Ellen Goodman, of The Boston Globe; Dr. bell hooks, of CUNY's English department; Dr. Tessie Liu, of Northwestern...

Why are young women giving up the security of British citizenship, the love and support of their families and the comforts of Western living to become part of the Islamic State, the self-styled "caliphate" fighting its way through Syria and Iraq? This BBC program explores the stories of five separate disappearances - from 21-year-old Aqsa Mahmood, a student from Glasgow, to the Halane twins from Manchester who were just 17 when they left for Syria....

Taking inspiration from the spiritual concept of Shakti, the Great Mother or supreme female deity of the Hindu religion, this program celebrates the power of women to drive social and economic change in India. Female-centric activism propels an organization that combats the practice of child marriage, and another which has created a banking system for the poor. The video also examines a renowned scientist who promotes eco-feminism and a married couple...

Two teenagers, wishing to marry early, visit their minister for advice and receive counseling, some of it quite pragmatic, the rest a little strange.

Theodore Olson, one of the nation's premier appellate and United States Supreme Court advocates, and David Boies, one of the country's preeminent trial lawyers, argued opposite sides for the fate of the 2000 election in Bush v. Gore but teamed up in the fight to overturn California's Proposition 8 ballot measure outlawing same-sex marriage. In this edition of the Journal, Bill Moyers sits down with them to discuss why this unexpected duo have taken...

In England, Anna de Vere won't leave the house without putting on nail polish. In Ethiopia's drought-stricken Omo Valley, where she has come to live with the struggling Hamar tribe, her only cosmetic is the red ocher rubbed into her hair - a tradition among Hamar women and an emblem of the cultural shifts the 52-year-old Anna must contend with. This program records her month-long adventure and its impact on her way of living and thinking. For the...

The caste system in India was outlawed over 60 years ago, but the power of khap panchayats remains. For thousands of young women across the country, what began as a tale of romance lead to the unimaginable; fathers, uncles, and brothers turned killers... all in the name of honor. In this film, follow the story of three couples who defied village tradition and married. Anuradha, Brijesh, Srinivasan, and Prathiba live in fear that family members will...

In post-apartheid South Africa, one in two children die of AIDS, one in two women are raped, and 20,000 homicides occur annually-the world's highest murder rate. Against these appalling statistics and a disintegrating social fabric, this program presents examples of South Africa's greatest hope, the spirit of its people, such as Garra, who feeds 400 children a day out of her tiny apartment's kitchen; Kate and Busi, both rape victims and HIV-positive,...