public opinion

Examines the ecological and political controversy over the American bison, and explores the problems that have risen to property, people, and livestock by allowing the animals to roam wild.

A collection of essays that explore the United States people and their mistrust of their government.

Discusses the rise of the Islamist totalitarian movement and examines problems the media has with understanding and covering it.

Discusses how society tries to achieve perfection through cosmetic surgery and studies what society's definition of normal is.

Combines historical narrative and analysis, first-person accounts, and photographs from official and private collections to tell the story of the liberation of German concentration camps as experienced by American soldiers and other eyewitnesses.

Examines how young Americans are dealing with the issue of race in an age in which the idea of America as a white society is rapidly becoming obsolete.