Bobby Kennedy wasn't the most visible figure in the civil rights movement, but his impact was transformative. As attorney general, he protected the Freedom Riders and turned the Justice Department from an enemy of civil rights into an enforcer of antiracist policies. Patricia Sullivan gives Kennedy his rightful place as a force for racial justice.
Kwan was sick of feeling second-class to her husband's concubine. Late one humid night, she grabbed the cleaver. Within minutes, three people were dead: the concubine with over 70 gashes.Kwan became the last woman in Hong Kong to suffer the death penalty. Behind the stories of the city's female murderers lie complex webs of jealousies, poverty and despair.