Sociology

It's easy to love how interconnected we are now thanks to technology. Up to the minute news at our fingertips, constant…

Alternating between personal anecdote, hilarious insight, and smart analysis, Luke Skywalker Can’t Read contends…

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

In 2012, an Oregon mother named Julie Keith opened up a package of Halloween decorations. The cheap foam headstones had…

Fueled by hope and creativity, The Icarus Project has been artfully forging roads and making maps that define our…

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

Gaming has become deeply ingrained in our society in the last few decades. Almost every demographic plays video games…

What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power? What happens when…

In her comic, scathingly honest essay, Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and…

For nearly five centuries, the world of book publishing remained largely static. But at the dawn of the twenty-first…

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

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

You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer—the most notorious serial killer since Jack the…

Part memoir, part participatory journalism, Mark Haskell Smith bares all in this book - just like he bared all in the…

Why didn't the ancient Greeks or Romans wear pants? How did they shave? How likely were they to drink fine wine, use…

An eyewitness account compiled by a woman who survived the Tulsa race massacre of 1921, Mary Parrish fled into the…

As a society, we obsess over our health, our bodies, and death. From eating more kale to anti-aging products or…

The concept (and cover) may seem goofy, but this is actually a clever and well-written examination of class in the…

This collection of essays from New York Times contributor Maya Phillips spans three decades of fandom, using pop culture…

Explore how marijuana shed its stigma and came to be embraced by new and unlikely enthusiasts, from “Chardonnay…

Slavery still exists in the United States of America, we just hide it behind prison walls. From the school-to-prison…

At this point, it's fair to say that socialism is a deeply misunderstood political theory. With this handbook, you can…

As a society we are increasingly more aware how racism functions as a system that permeates all of our interactions and…

Profanity has always been a deliciously vibrant part of our lexicon, an integral part of being human. In fact, our…

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

How can we build a better world? And why do so many people with privilege end up making things worse when they try to…

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