Sociology

Growing up in Australia, Fariha Róisín, a Bangladeshi Muslim, struggled to fit in. In attempts to assimilate, she…

Humanity loves the idea of an apocalypse. From Y2K to blood moon prophecies, the end of the world has remained in the…

This book takes a look into food and its history: a story of more than just sustenance. Drawing from archeological,…

From the bestselling author of The 57 Bus comes a cautionary true tale of an Instagram account that changes everything…

Popular music has the power to both unite and divide us. Music and the cult tribes it forms, along with the different…

Where do you get your books from? Is it your indie bookstore, a large chain, or an online megacorp squeezing the life…

Two classic political texts, in one unabridged book! These iconic writings on class, wealth, and welfare written by…

Rose Hackman's excursion into the uncompensated work that women and minorities perform every day begins with a…

Period. End of Sentence. won an Oscar in 2019, prompting Melissa Berton to tell the audience “A period should end a…

Parking: We all hate it. Massive lots of land dedicated to temporary car storage, which often don't even have enough…

It is no laughing matter that we are living through a period of unprecedented hardship, uncertainty, and upheaval in all…

How to Save the World for Just a Trillion Dollars: The Ten Biggest Problems We Can Actually Fix will shift your…

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

Is the new wave of "self-care" and "wellness" advice all it's hyped up to be? Or is it a symptom and extension of the…

Kirk Goldsberry is a leading expert in basketball analytics and his visual maps of players, teams, and positions help us…

Many people become vegans because they are concerned about the role capitalist food systems play in climate change,…

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

Before we talk about what has been lost since its end, let’s take a moment to consider what was not gained during the…

Butts, butts, butts. Whatever you think of them, there's no doubt that humans have a rather strange relationship with…

A diverse, spirited, outspoken group of emerging writers comes together in this anthology to address the many serious…

Drawing on more than a century's worth of quantitative and qualitative data, Segregation By Design brings into sharp…

Blending memoir, biography, and ritual guide, this book celebrates and chronicles the BIPOC witches who are taking back…

In this fascinating new book from author Melanie Challenger, explore what it means to be a human, and more importantly,…

A detailed look by an investigative journalist at the NXIVM cult and the ugliness lurking under its message of…