Sociology

Author Seth M. Siegel reveals how our drinking water has been contaminated, its adverse effects on our health, and the…

The #MeToo movement brought attention to sexual violence, but the focus on the offenders and their trials left…

There is more than one truth about most things. The Internet disseminates knowledge but it also spreads hatred. Eating…

Use your power to overthrow the powers that be. Starhawk examines how we can make meaningful change in our communities…

Alan Watts is today remembered as a trailblazing interpreter of Eastern philosophy, but The Two Hands of God reveals a…

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

In Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man, Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and…

The landmark story of America’s racialized healthcare disparities, and the grievous impact of white supremacy on…

Aged eight, Dina Nayeri fled Iran along with her mother and brother and lived in the crumbling shell of a…

There is a lot of science out there folks, followed by a fuck-ton of evidence explaining everything from the lint in our…

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

A journalist based in Washington, DC returns to her small Idaho hometown to explore the social, political, and economic…

A celebration of urban trees and the Americans—presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen activists,…

This explores the complex history of addiction, highlighting the ongoing challenges in understanding and treating it.…

A sobering tome on the fragmentation of US society. The author traces our shift, over time, and nearly-unnoticed, into a…

Were medieval women slaves to their husband's desires, jealously secured in a chastity belt in his absence? Was sex a…

Whether you’ve always had a soft spot for the USPS or not, prepare to hear a sad and frustrating tale of what happens…

A striking collection of essays upending our understanding of sexual purity by confronting our beliefs about virginity,…

Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key…

As new security barriers multiply around the world, an urgent call to focus our attention on the detrimental…

Reading this book is like getting swept up in the mental zone that you only find on a long walk. Poetical connections…

Empathy is in short supply and isolation and tribalism are rampant. We struggle to understand people who aren’t like…

Comics artist Seth Tobocman lived on Manhattan's Lower East Side and participated in grassroots efforts to take over…

This book discusses water and how water wealth has been pivotal to the rise and fall of great powers, civilization’s…

Gain insight to the realities of globalization from the perspective of low-wage workers who have sparked a new labor…

It's time for everyone who cares about the state of our nation to heed the call and join forces to redeem the soul of…

This book celebrates black history and culture in America with insightful essays by critically acclaimed writer Jabari…