A reckoning with one of our most beloved art forms, whose past and present are shaped by gender, racial, and class inequities -- and a look inside the fight for its future. Every day, in dance studio
A clear-eyed account of the forces hijacking progress on climate change, and a bold vision of what it takes to face the existential threat of global warming head-on.It has become impossible to deny th
In cities large and small across America, universities have become the dominant companies — and our cities their company towns. But there is a cost to those who live in their shadow.Urban universities
A witty, inspiring reckoning with the ancient Greek and Roman myths and their legacy, from what they can illuminate about #MeToo to the radical imagery of Beyoncé.The picture of classical antiquity mo
From a star theoretical physicist, a journey into the world of particle physics and the cosmos — and a call for a more just practice of science. In The Disordered Cosmos, Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weins
A damning exploration of the many ways in which the effects and logic of anti-black colonialism continue to inform our modern world.Colonialism and imperialism are often thought to be distant memories
From award-winning journalist and sociology professor Gary Younge, a nuanced analysis of identity politics and why they matter today.We are more alike than we are unalike. But the way we are unalike m
One of Time Magazine's Must-Read Books of 2019: An award-winning journalist shows how workplace diversity initiatives have turned into a profoundly misguided industry—and have done little to bring equ
Brave, clear-eyed, and passionate, Stakes Is High is the book we need to guide us past crisis mode and through an uncertain future.The events of the past decade, in particular the election of Donald T
The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, a rate that is increasing, even as infant mortality rates decrease. Meanwhile, the right-wing assault on reproductive rights and
For four centuries, Americans have found ways to live in a system of racial tyranny and apartheid. We tell ourselves that we know better, but with each generation, too many of us have been satisfied w
In the midst of the dramatic seventh-century war between two empires, Muhammad was a spiritual seeker in search of community and sanctuary.Many observers stereotype Islam and its scripture as inherent
