The Washington Post HD Video Podcast

Michael Oliveri, 24, is losing his battle with muscular dystrophy but gaining a greater appreciation for life as he drives from New Jersey to California for warmer weather and specialized medical care.

Each year, the Joffrey Ballet chooses a child with disabilities to participate in its production of "The Nutcracker." For Mary Cassell, 8, who has cerebral palsy, joining this year's ballet is part of a family tradition of dance.

A periodic series of images captured from the world of presidential politics -- the strange, the sublime, the never-before-seen.

In downtown Chicago, tens of thousands of supporters young and old gathered in Grant Park to celebrate Sen. Barack Obama's election night victory.

Hundreds of uninsured and underinsured Americans flock to Wise County, Va., every year to seek treatment at a makeshift field hospital operated by the Remote Area Medical Volunteer Corps.

A mother puts her daughter's care before her own, a volunteer serves as a placeholder in long lines and a pediatric dentist donates her time at the Remote Area Medical mission in Wise County, Va.

A center of black culture and history, the New York neighborhood of Harlem welcomed the news that Barack Obama had been elected the first black president with a loud celebration.

D.C. residents rejoice after hearing that Senator Barack Obama will be the next president of the United States of America.

Tupelo, the birthplace of Elvis Presley, is not just a quaint tourist magnet. The Northeast Mississippi city is also, some residents say, a caldron of political divisions and racial unease, a circumstance only intensified by an increasingly heated presidential contest.

Some Wisconsin voters fear a possible Obama presidency. Others are concerned people won't vote for him because of his race.

Experience the spring 2009 collections in New York -- on the street, behind the scenes and on stage.

Michael Flocco lost his only son at the Pentagon on 9/11. Flocco, a construction worker, moved to Washington to help rebuild the Pentagon. Today, Michael is still trying to put his life back together.

Officials announced that residents would not be allowed into New Orleans until Thursday. This didn't stop several people from trying to enter the city.

As Hurricane Gustav pounded the New Orleans area, patrons at Johnny White's on Bourbon Street did what they do every day: drink and talk about what's happening in the French Quarter. The bar hasn't closed in the past 18 years.

Coastal city sees first signs of the storm.