High Public

In the first half of the 20th century, Dunbar was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law. By the 1950s, Dunbar High School was sending 80 percent of its students to college. Today, as with too many troubled urban public schools, the majority of Dunbar students struggle with reading and math. Journalist and author Alison Stewart, whose parents were both Dunbar graduates, tells the story of the school’s rise, fall, and path toward resurgence.

Joining the ranks of Evicted, The Warmth of Other Sons, and classic works of literary non-fiction by Alex Kotlowitz and J. Anthony Lukas, High-Risers braids personal narratives, city politics, and national history to tell the timely and epic story of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green, America’s most...

In 1992, the deadliest year in Chicago’s history, seven-year-old Dantrell Davis was shot and killed in front of his elementary school inside the public housing complex Cabrini-Green. What happened to Dantrell led to a truce among Chicago’s gangs, but it also ignited a national panic about poverty and violence in America’s cities. Dantrell’s name would soon be used to demolish all of Chicago’s high-rise public housing, displacing tens of thousands of low-income families.

He chose my best friend. I chose better. Ryan Mullens didn't even try to hide it. He said they "just made more sense." That our six years together had gone stale. He actually said it while sitting at a candlelit table with my best friend. I left my engagement ring on the table and never looked back. Then his older brother, Luke, starts showing up. Calm. Honest. Steady. He doesn't send grand gestures or rehearsed speeches. He just brings turkey sandwiches to my hotel room, tells me the truth about his brother, and remembers how I take my coffee from one conversation months ago. Ryan said I'd...

He said I was too timid, too dependent, too grateful to walk away. I’m about to prove he never should have bet against me. I overheard my husband bet his poker buddies five thousand dollars that I'd never leave him. He said it while I was cleaning up their plates in the next room. Trey didn't even panic when I filed for divorce. He cycled through charm, then threats, then tears. He actually said that everything he did was for us. That the fifty-one thousand dollars in debt he opened in my name was a rough patch. That the other woman meant nothing. Then a former investigator starts calling...

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My cheating husband said we were broke. Then he bought my sister an engagement ring. Grant doesn't just leave me for someone else. He leaves me for Colleen. My sister. She's been signing for deliveries, keeping his records, and playing house in a mansion full of rare antiques he purchased behind my back while telling me we needed to cut expenses. When my divorce attorney uncovers what he's been hiding, I don't settle quietly. I walk into an auction house, and I put every last piece on the block. Then the auction specialist starts helping me catalog everything my husband tried to keep. ...

I ran his company. I managed his reputation. I saved his career. Then I found him in bed with my sister. Chase Kinsley didn't even try to apologize. He said he'd been unhappy for years. That I made him feel managed instead of admired. He actually said he wanted me to resign, train my replacement, and walk away quietly while he gave my sister a corner office and a new title. As if the company would survive a single quarter without me. I blocked his bank transfer that night and called a divorce attorney by morning. Then his older brother comes around. Bobby Kinsley. Quiet. Disciplined. Self-...

My fiancé and my best friend. The two people I trusted with everything. Six years. That's how long I spent building Jason's career alongside my own — writing the strategies, developing the frameworks, watching him take the credit. I told myself it didn't matter because we were a team. Because love means sacrifice. Then he didn't show up to our wedding, and the photos started circulating online. Him and Lexi. My maid of honor. Walking into a hotel together on the morning he was supposed to marry me. I stood at that altar in a twelve-thousand-dollar dress and told two hundred and forty ...

I spent three months planning the perfect anniversary gift. He spent three months planning to leave me for another woman. Neil McCoy didn't even have the decency to do it privately. He brought me to the restaurant where he proposed, handed me a settlement and an NDA, and told me our marriage was over. And just like that, he started dating his co-host. Then his brother started showing up. Harris. Quiet. Honest. He works with his hands instead of stealing other people's work. He drove me home the night it happened, stood in my office while I backed up ten years of evidence, and built me up in...

My cheating husband told me to leave. I took the hotel, the millions, and his older brother. I caught my husband in bed with a twenty-six-year-old influencer and a ring light. He told me to pack my things, train my replacement, and accept an allowance. He said the boutique hotel that I'd spent twelve years building and managing belonged to him. He forgot who the real owner was. Then his older brother starts calling. Jean Paul Delacroix. Preservation architect. Quiet. Serious. The one who actually inherited the historic mansion. He doesn't make promises or grand gestures. He shows up with a ...

From a New York Times bestselling author comes the gripping, untold history of science's darkest secrets. "A fascinating book [that] deserves a wide audience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the...

My sister showed up to tell me she was pregnant. Then my husband walked in and said the baby was his. Brett Cane didn't even try to look sorry. He handed me divorce papers with a hundred thousand dollars of his debt assigned to my name and told me to sign fast so we could all move on. He said the family trust would cover everything. He said it like he believed it. I spent six years doing his job, investing my savings, and building his life. He spent eight months sleeping with my sister and buying her jewelry with my money. I found every receipt. Then his older brother asks to meet. Adam ...

I booked a honeymoon suite in the Bahamas. My fiancé took my sister instead. Pierce Carson didn't even try to be subtle about it. He drained our honeymoon account, flew my younger sister to the resort I picked, and proposed to her with a ring he bought using my dead mother's inheritance. He actually thought I'd be too humiliated to fight back. Then my father hired a forensic accountant. River Golden. Patient. Honest. Steady. He didn't treat me like a victim or talk down to me. He saw the evidence I already organized and asked me to work the case beside him as an equal. Pierce said I'd ...

I spent four years proving I belonged in his world. He told me I wasn't wife material. He said it over dinner. At the restaurant where I thought he was going to propose. Eric Barnwell looked me in the eye and told me I wasn't polished enough. Not connected enough. Not the right kind of woman for the life he was building. Three weeks later, he was with someone who was. He forgot one thing. I'm still the best Marketing Director his family's company has ever had. Then his older brother comes home. Luke Barnwell. Architect. Quiet. Steady. He doesn't care about image. He doesn't care about ...

I caught my fiancé in bed with my maid of honor. Ten months later, I married his brother. Ty Bernard didn't even try to lie well. He said it was a mistake, that she meant nothing, that five years together should count for more than one bad night. Except it wasn't one night. It was four months. My best friend, in my bed, in my house, while I was at work addressing wedding invitations. I pulled the ring off and never put it back on. Then his older brother shows up with a truck. Braden Bernard. Quiet. Steady. Honest. He doesn't make speeches or grand gestures. He just helps me pack Ty's ...

He left me at the altar... for my maid of honor. Drew Conner didn't even try to explain. He just swapped brides at the altar like I was interchangeable. Like the three years I spent building his company's finances and planning our wedding were nothing. Like the two hundred guests watching me stand there meant nothing. I walked out through the service entrance and never looked back. Then there's Drew's biggest competitor... David Buckingham. Quiet. Steady. Respectful. He doesn't send pity texts or make grand gestures. He just appears at a coffee shop with a vendor analysis proving my ex is ...

I came home to an empty closet and a note that said he was leaving me. He married my sister that same afternoon. Chris Porter didn't even try to explain in person. He packed while I was at work. He left a note on his pillow saying something was "off between us." Then he flew to Turks and Caicos and eloped with my sister. My parents told me to be reasonable. To move forward. To not force anyone to choose sides. Because I've always been the easy daughter, and my sister has always been forgiven. Then his best friend shows up at my door. Jason Henderson. Furious. Honest. He doesn't ask me to ...

She thought she was there to teach. Turns out, she was there to learn. Emily Carter has spent her life being the perfect professor—published, polished, and completely invisible. Then Blackwood University offers her a tenure track position, and she thinks she's finally getting the career she deserves. What she doesn't know is that at Blackwood, "free use" isn't just a theory. It's a tradition. Perfect for fans of Evelyn Wild, Madison Faye, and Jade West who crave scholarly seduction, academic power plays, and getting schooled in pleasure. ⚠️ 18+ only: Explicit content, strong language,...

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