Veteran crime reporter Jill Leovy talks about the epidemic of unsolved murder cases in African American communities. Leovy, with a unit of LAPD homicide detectives, got to know the families of victims and saw the impact on a community besieged by crime, violence and witness intimidation. Her new book is called Ghettoside.
Also book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews Almost Famous Women, a collection of short stories about historical women with unruly lives.