The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

1997 film by Barry Levinson

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Statrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

本书是《历史深处的忧虑――近距离看美国》的姊妹篇，作者继续以信件的形式，从“美国总统是什么？”这样一个问题开始，用一连串的故事，层层铺排出美国政治法律制度的基本原理和操作细节，使读者更深刻地了解美国是如何在自身的制度系统中，通过“平衡和制约”去实施对权力的监督和限制。

本书通过精彩动人的故事，展示了美国种族问题相关联的，社会意识和法律演进史。介绍了在契约社会里，立法的民众基础，法律对人性的思考，法律的变化与社会理趟的关系等问题。通过作者的叙述，读者能够看到，在法治国家里，民众，尤其是弱势人群怎样运用法律，经过长期抗争，取得自身权益，并由此推动社会认识的深化，使整个国家在消除不公正的历史进程中取得稳定的进步。