On August 7, 1998, bombs exploded at two United States embassies in East Africa. American anthropologist Susan Hirsch and her...
Focuses on the children of Eastern European immigrants who settled in Manhattan, looking at the modified synagogues, philanthropic...
Having returned to Russia in 1990 after two decades, the writer known as Abram Tertz creates a vivid picture of today's Russian...
Winner, Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2002, Non-FictionFor every survivor of a crime, there is a criminal who forces his way...
This acclaimed book powerfully depicts a side of the welfare experience rarely seen, dispelling the myth that only an urban underclass...
What we see happening in Ferguson and other cities around the country is not the creation of livable spaces, but the creation...
Contrary to conventional wisdom, countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what...
Portland, Oregon, is one of the most beautiful, livable cities in the United States. It has walkable neighborhoods, bike lanes,...
Information is power. It drives commerce, protects nations, and forms the backbone of systems that range from health care to high...
Amid mounting fears of violent Islamic extremism, many Europeans ask whether Muslim immigrants can integrate into historically...
Inequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with...
America faces daunting problems—stagnant wages, high health care costs, neglected schools, deteriorating public services. Yet...
In the thirty-five years since China instituted its One-Child Policy, 120,000 children—mostly girls—have left China through international...
"When this book was first published it received some attention from the critics but none at all from the public. Nazism was...
Problems of constitutional interpretation have many faces, but much of the contemporary discussion has focused on what has come...
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