Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities for all.While much progress in race relations has been made in recent years-including the election of Barack Obama as President of the United State-it's clear that our journey t...

The last great war has been fought – but you wouldn’t know it here in the deep desert of what was once America. The sun beats down as it always has and always will on this unforgiving landscape. The few inhabitants of this land - oblivious and uncaring about the greater events in what was once a more civilized world – all except one.Months after the disappearance of her daughter, Emily - Jess Flood has resigned herself to daily survival when the unexpected happens: a radio signal f...