"Crimes committed against people because of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion have become common in the United States. According to the FBI, more than six thousand such crimes were committed in 2016 alone. Hate crimes can range from vandalism, such as the desecration of headstones in a Jewish cemetery, to mass shootings, such as the 2015 murders of nine African Americans attending church services in Charleston, South Carolina....

"Can three scrappy, single women of varied ages find happiness in a new travel business specializing in casino junkets? Or are all bets off when a murder is discovered after the tour bus arrives at the casino hotel? At fifty years of age Betty Chance found herself unemployed, divorced and penniless. Her husband of twenty-seven years had left her for an older, fatter woman (the one who covered his gambling debts). With her pretty niece Lori she opens...

After Newtown, guns in America: An unprecedented exploration of America's enduring relationship with firearms. Traces the evolution of guns in America, their inextricable link to violence, and the clash of cultures that reflect competing visions of national identity. Marijuana nation: Hear revealing interviews with law enforcement, growers, scientists and everyday users who offer unique insight into the medical marijuana phenomenon. A place at the...