Sociology

Donors, leaders of nonprofits, and public policy makers usually have the best of intentions to serve society and improve…

Let's face it, communication can be a difficult road to navigate. Even if you're the most extroverted social butterfly,…

What exactly is democracy? Because it seems like each country that defines as such as a very different defintion and…

Haven’t read Capital? That’s ok. With A People’s Guide to Capitalism, there’s no need to get bogged down in the…

A guide to healing our fractured discourse on race and racism by having better arguments—as in, actually constructive…

There is little doubt that the deep state exists, and it has perpetrated a consistent mission to hide, obscure, and…

An ethnographic account of women who choose FGCS (female genital cosmetic surgery) in Australia and the physicians who…

The Anthropocene is the current geological age, in which human activity has profoundly shaped the planet and its…

Award-winning investigative journalist, congressional reporter and social policies writer Joseph P. Shapiro centers…

Drawing on the work of a wide range of thinkers from Georges Bataille to Donna Haraway, Pettman explores the…

Equal parts cultural observation, scientific exploration, and rousing call to action full of practical advice, this…

They say the only constant is change. But how do some changes become lasting, and how do some attempts at change fail…

Through examining prominent cases like Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby, it has become clear that the definition and…

Following the radical abortion activists who fought to keep abortion accessible through menstrual extraction and…

“It’s not you, it’s me” is the tired trope of a question — but when the you in question is capitalism, it most…

This collection features fifty true accounts from women of various ages and backgrounds, sharing their personal thoughts…

Good Neighbors provides a critical reflection on the effects of gentrification on a neighborhood's diversity through a…

In this unsparing look at the cosmetic surgery industry, author Laurie Essig confronts the supremely capitalistic…

Why do you do what you do? Is it out of habit, or something else? This book delves into how habits affect every aspect…

Being a teenager has never been easy, but with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially…

We often think of our capacity to experience the suffering of others as the ultimate source of goodness. Many of our…

Do you ever wonder why you're justifying something foolish you did? Why is it so hard to admit that you've made a…

An open and honest examination of the ethics of the medical industry and the impact they have in modern society. With…

Lonely Planet presents In Her Footsteps, a travel guide featuring the hometowns of pioneering and iconic women…

In this challenging and thought-provoking collection of essays, activist and educator Matt Meyer explores the modern…

How did we get from an age of dignified nightly news broadcasts on three national networks to the age of 24-hour news…

We gravitate toward people like us; it’s human nature. Race, class, and gender shape our social identities, and thus…

On the last Friday evening of the summer of 2013, five shots rang out in the parking lot of a new Boys & Girls Club in…

What exactly is Blackness and what does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? Who…