Julie Depenbrock

Washington Post • 12th October 2022

The housing crisis hits mobile homes

America’s housing crisis is trickling down to mobile home parks. Mobile homes have traditionally been the country’s biggest source of affordable housing: 20 million Americans live in manufactured homes. Most mobile home park residents own their houses...

Washington Post • 12th October 2022

‘Un-retiring’

Millions of Americans who retired during the pandemic are returning to the workforce.

NPR • 11th October 2022

In 'Fen, Bog & Swamp,' Annie Proulx pens a history of wetland destruction

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Proulx may be best known for her works of fiction, titles like The Shipping News and Brokeback Mountain.

Washington Post • 15th May 2022

The power of language in the abortion fight

In 1998, in Buffalo, OB/GYN Barnett Slepian was murdered in his own home by antiabortion extremist, James Kopp. We hear from media columnist Margaret Sullivan about how she remembers this volatile time and how the media has influenced the abortion...

Washington Post • 17th April 2022

The danger of forever chemicals

Adam Nordell and Johanna Davis bought their organic farm seven years ago. In late 2021, they discovered that their land and water were contaminated with incredibly high levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as “forever chemicals.”

Washington Post • 17th April 2022

Marie Yovanovitch on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

“In this fight of tyranny over freedom,” Marie Yovanovitch said in a conversation with James Hohmann, “the bigger picture is that if Vladimir Putin does prevail, the world is a less safe place for all of us.” Yovanovitch was Washington’s last...

Washington Post • 17th April 2022

Author John Green reflects on the legacy of global health giant Paul Farmer

“Here is what I want you to know about Paul Farmer,” author John Green wrote in a tribute to the global health activist. “He simply did not accept the idea that inequality of health-care access is natural or inevitable. Because of his belief, and...

Washington Post • 17th April 2022

Adam Schiff on threats both global and domestic

As Russia intensifies its invasion of Ukraine, Rep. Adam B. Schiff joins James Hohmann to discuss the U.S. response, and what to expect from the Jan. 6 inquiry. The California Democrat has been dealing with Russia-U.S. relations for many years —...

Washington Post • 17th April 2022

A Ukrainian responds to Russia’s attack

“The Ukrainian nation, with its language and rich culture, has existed for centuries. Millions of lives were lost just in the 20th century as a result of failed attempts to create an independent Ukrainian state,” Olga Tokariuk, an independent...

Washington Post • 20th February 2022

‘Abbott Elementary’s’ Sheryl Lee Ralph on education, acting and activism

This is a moment in America when a lot of teachers feel that the challenges they face are not well understood by many people. Teachers don't get the respect they deserve. They're at the center of debates about critical race theory and masks, but even...

Washington Post • 20th February 2022

Forced into marriage at the age of 15

Marriage before the age of 18 is legal in 44 of 50 states, according to Unchained at Last, an organization working to end child marriage in the United States. Sasha Taylor was only 15 years old when she was forced into marriage in Arizona, with a man...

Washington Post • 20th February 2022

‘Dopesick’ writer proposes a way out of the opioid crisis

More than 1 million Americans have died of opioid overdoses since OxyContin launched in 1996.

Washington Post • 20th February 2022

A Jewish refugee from Iran on why it’s hard to fight bigotry in the U.S.

Roya Hakakian arrived in the United States from Iran in the 1980s as a Jewish refugee. Following the attack this month at the synagogue in Colleyville, Tex., Hakakian explained how events like this shake immigrants especially hard because they expect,...

Washington Post • 24th January 2022

A power struggle in Kazakhstan

While the West has been focused on Russia’s buildup around Ukraine, Russian troops also deployed this month into Kazakhstan.

Washington Post • 24th January 2022

The Rev. Al Sharpton on voting rights and 'righteous troublemakers'

In this conversation recorded on Jan. 13 for Washington Post Live, the Rev. Al Sharpton talks about the battle over voting rights and his new book, "Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America."

Washington Post • 24th January 2022

‘Canceling school is not sustainable’

Jackie Spinner is a professor and single mom whose three children attend Chicago Public Schools. Earlier this week, the kids were stuck at home, a casualty of the covid wars between the teachers union and the mayor of America's third-largest city.

Washington Post • 24th January 2022

Could a coup succeed in 2024?

On the first anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, three former senior military officials say they fear another attack — and that a potential threat might be from men and women in uniform.

Washington Post • 29th December 2021

Dr. Wen’s advice for the holidays

Once again, America is looking down the barrel of a winter surge of the coronavirus, thanks to the highly transmissible omicron variant. Houston Methodist Hospital, which has been sequencing genomes since the beginning of the pandemic, says that in a...

Washington Post • 29th December 2021

'The house that Fred built': The life and legacy of Fred Hiatt

Tributes poured in from across the world after Fred Hiatt, The Post's editorial page editor for 22 years, died Monday.

Washington Post • 29th December 2021

The radicalization of the Supreme Court

The six conservative justices on the Supreme Court have signaled that they're likely to uphold a Mississippi law that mostly bans abortion after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The question now is how far they'll go. "The court is on the brink of a mess —...