A New York Times Notable Book. Set in the Washington, D.C., suburbs during the summer of the Watergate break-ins, Berne's assured, skillful first novel is about
More than half a century after the first Jim Crow laws were dismantled, the majority of urban neighborhoods in the United States remain segregated by race. The
After a murder occurs in her quiet neighborhood, and her father runs off with another woman, ten-year-old Marsha begins investigating several people--including
In recent years, community policing has transformed American law enforcement by promising to build trust between citizens and officers. Today, three-quarters of