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Who's looking out for you?

2003
Reveals the individuals and institutions in American life that are failing in their duties and letting the American people down, from crooked corporate weasels, to venal politicians, to lazy and/or politically correct bureaucrats, to sexually predatory priests, and more.

The hip hop generation

young Blacks and the crisis in African American culture
2002
A study of African-Americans born between 1965 and 1984, discussing the problems of racism, unemployment, educational disparity, police brutality, and others that plague the first generation to have grown up in a legally desegregated United States, and arguing that hip hop is the unifying force that could bring about a new phase of African-American empowerment.

The envy of the world

on being a Black man in America
2002
Examines the world that African-American men face in the twenty-first century, discussing the destructive power of pessimism and suggesting ways of moving beyond obstacles.

Culture wars

opposing viewpoints
1999

The things that matter most

1994
Focuses on a new vision for America that begins with reconsidering the values of an earlier generation.

The wrong way home

uncovering the patterns of cult behavior in American society
1990

The road to Kosovo

a Balkan diary
1999
Journalist Greg Campbell shares his experiences traveling throughout the former Yugoslavia in the wake of the Dayton, Ohio accords which were supposed to bring peace to the embattled region.

The 1990s decade in photos

the rise of technology
2010
Discusses many of the influential people, events, and cultural developments of the 1990s.

Peril and promise

a commentary on America
1990
Assesses the crisis facing the United States as it approaches the twenty-first century and outlines what can be done to avoid it.

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