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As seen on The Daily Show, NPR’s Marketplace, and Fresh Air, the “powerful, chilling tale” (Carol Anderson) of higher education becoming an engine of social inequalityPublished to high acclaim and a f

Argues that the nation's powerful communications companies, assisted by hired political operatives and pro-business policy makers, are using their political and economic clout to gain control over the

Not long ago, same-sex couples had to jump through endless hoops to make their relationships even close to legal. Creating contracts and using creative estate-planning tools, lawyers legitimized same-

When Coco Fusco and collaborator Guillermo Gomez-Pena toured the country in a cage as "authentic natives," their provocative performance piece enraged some and enthralled others. Known for using perf

An unforgettable, beautifully rendered illustration of the threat of rising sea levels around the world Spurred by manmade climate change, sea levels have been rising at an increasing rate over the pa

In the tradition of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health--from the James Beard Award-winning journalist

Longlisted for the 2021 International Booker PrizeA dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says “tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent”Ngũgĩ wa

Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPRA timely and groundbreaking argument that all Americans must grapple with Latinos' dynamic racial identity—because it impacts everything we think we know

From the airlines we fly to the food we eat, how a tiny group of corporations have come to dominate every aspect of our lives--by one of our most intrepid and accomplished journalistsIf you're looking

A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past decade," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education--with a new preface by the author Seldom do

A tenth-anniversary edition of the iconic bestseller--"one of the most influential books of the past decade," according to the Chronicle of Higher Education--with a new preface by the authorSeldom doe

A groundbreaking expos about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot

A bold agenda for a better way to assess societal well-being, by three of the world’s leading economists and statisticians"If we want to put people first, we have to know what matters to them, what im

From an award-winning civil rights lawyer, a profound challenge to our society's normalization of the caging of human beings, and the role of the legal profession in perpetuating it Alec Karakatsanis

FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARDNamed a notable book of 2019 by the New York Times Book Review, Chicago Tribune, Time, and The GuardianAs featured by The Daily Show, NPR, PBS, CBC, Time, VIBE

From the author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, a completely updated - and more timely than ever - version of the myth-busting history book that focuses on the inaccuracies, myths,

What do young people of colour aspiring to careers in the law need to know about life at big law firms? What do law schools need to do to prepare them? What do the firms themselves need to do to attra

Winner of a special Robert F. Kennedy Book Award, the book that Evicted author Matthew Desmond calls “a powerful investigation into the ways the United States has addressed poverty. . . . lucid and tr

Acclaimed media critic J. Hoberman’s masterful and majestic exploration of the Reagan years as seen through the unforgettable movies of the eraCelebrated cultural and film critic J. Hoberman’s Make My

The stunning debut of a brilliant nonfiction writer whose vivid account of his grandparents’ lives in Egypt, Tunisia, Palestine, and Los Angeles reclaims his family’s Jewish Arab identityT

“A lively encounter with identity and American military history in Okinawa. Night in the American Village is by turns intellectual, hip, and sexy. I admire it for its ferocity, style, and vigor.

From one of America's leading legal minds, a riveting look at the U.S.-Cuban relationship seen through the lens of a nearly impossible case. During his distinguished career, Martin Garbus has establis

A beautifully packaged and profound exploration of human desire and queer sexuality in Latin America by the acclaimed Argentinian photographer Claudia JaresIn Dark Tears, award-winning Argentinian pho

An NPR Best Book of 2017 that exposes our oral health crisis and the astonishing role that teeth and oral health play in our societyIn this brilliant debut book, hailed by the New York Times Book Revi

One of AFAR magazine’s ?8 New Books You Need to Read Before Flying to France”?It’s the authors’ friendly accessibility that makes these stories so memorable.”?Christine Muhlke, The New York Times Book

A masterful narrative—with echoes of Evicted and The Color of Law—that brings to life the structures, policies, and beliefs that divide usDeeply reported and deftly told, The Lines Between

A leading member of the Senate Judiciary Committee “spells out, in considerable detail, the extent of corporate influence over a variety of issues” in national politics (The New Yorker)As

A former FBI undercover agent and whistleblower gives us a riveting and troubling account of the contemporary FBI—essential reading for our times Impressively researched and eloquently argued, f

In the tradition of Roberto Bolaño’s Savage Detectives, a celebrated classic and heart-wrenching story of a family torn apart by the forces of history, by one of Latin America’s mos

The former special assistant for legislative affairs to President Clinton, president of the American Constitution Society, and author of the “damn fine” (Elle) Under the Bus shows how the

Now adapted for young readers ages 12 through 18, the national bestseller that makes real American history come alive in all of its conflict, drama, and complexityLies My Teacher Told Me is one of the

Twenty years after Columbine, a leading anti-gun activist offers a radical argument for the anti-gun movement our country desperately needsNinety-two people die from guns in America every single day.

A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called “jim-dandy pop history,” by the bestselling, American Book Award–winning authorFrom the author of the national bestse

2018 George C. Rogers Jr. Book Award FinalistNamed one of the “Summer Books 2018” selection by Times Literary Supplement Named one of the “17 Refreshing Books to Read This Summer”

A collaboration between a National Book Award–winning journalist and a prize-winning photographer on the queer-resistance theater troupe In the fall of 2017, the internationally acclaimed underg

A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls “one of the greatest writers of our time”Ngũgĩ wa Thiong ’o, although renowned for his

Over half the people incarcerated in America today have committed violent offenses, but the focus of reformers has been almost entirely on nonviolent and drug offenses. Danielle Sered's brilliant and

“Valuable . . . [like Michelle] Alexander’s The New Jim Crow.” —Los Angeles Review of Books “Susan Burton is a national treasure . . . her life story is testimony to the human

A major new book that shows the world already has the tools to feed itself, without the help of GMOs, from the Small Planet Institute expert Few challenges are more daunting than feeding a global population projected to reach 9.7 billion in 2050—at a time when climate change is making it increasingly difficult to successfully grow crops. In response, corporate and philanthropic leaders have called for major investments in industrial agriculture, including genetically modified seed technologies. Reporting from Africa, Mexico, India, and the United States, Timothy A. Wise’s Eating Tomorrow discovers how in country after country, agribusiness and its well-heeled philanthropic promoters have actually exacerbated food crises.Most of the world, Wise reveals, is fed by hundreds of millions of small-scale farmers, people with few resources and simple tools but a keen understanding of what and how to grow. These same farmers—who already grow more than 70 percent of the food eaten in developing