Sociology

Once a dirty word, “feminist” has been rebranded as a shiny label sported by movie and pop stars, fashion designers,…

Award-winning author and social theorist Ibram X. Kendi weaves together history, law, science, ethics, and his own…

High sodium is deadly, and consistent studies have linked sodium intake to high blood pressure, strokes, and heart…

The best-selling author of Stiff and Bonk trains her considerable wit and curiosity on the human soul. "What happens…

In this book, Terence McKenna proposes the theory that the consumption and later abandonment of pyschadelic mushrooms…

What defines Communalism? What distinguishes it from other radical ideologies? What social and political alternatives…

Originating as a way for marginalized and disempowered people to address harm and take down powerful abusers, often with…

More than 3.5 million tourists flock to Paris's Père Lachaise Cemetery each year—lured there, and to many cemeteries…

Originally published in 1974 and written when Angela Davis was 25, this is a fine telling of the situations and struggle…

Combining no-holds-barred social critique, humorous personal anecdotes, and analysis of the latest interdisciplinary…

What does it mean to be a man? What about a "good man"? As a trans man, Thomas McBee finds himself wrestling with…

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

When Jon Ronson is drawn into an elaborate hoax played on some of the world’s top scientists, his investigation leads…

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind integrates science and history to challenge what we think we know about humans…

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

From the exclusion of trans women, the erasure of identities, and the failure to recognize the intersectional issues of…

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A scathing new framework for how to see, acknowledge, and actively work against racism. An intersectional approach from…

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

Millions of women suffer from painful sex and pelvic pain due while struggling with a healthcare system that fails to…

In a perfect world, we'd spend about 1/3 of our life sleeping. But how do we get to that ideal - or at least closer to…

Christien Storm walks the reader through understanding what boundaries are and how to create, communicate, and uphold…

Representations and claims of violence in music is not a practice only observed in hip hop and rap music. It has…

These 200-plus, never-before-published drawings from the private collection of 1940-80s film and television designer…

Sometimes the best thing to do for your mental health is to hang onto that grudge. But not just any grudge - there's an…