Political

Frederick Douglass lived a huge life—abolitionist, newspaper reporter, women's rights activist, diplomat, politician,…

Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas was born in Nigeria in 1900. Funmilayo (the name she went by) was the fisty female…

A sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying tale of what happens when a government disappears into the woods; complete with…

What’s more empowering than owning posters that focus on life changing policies like climate change, racial…

This book of powerful essays present a wide range of complex and divisive topics from the perspective of a Black man…

The Dreaming Circus tells the story of author Jim Morris' long, strange trip from Green Beret in Vietnam to the world…

In this adorable graphic novel from author Cathy Camper, dive into the world of the Lowriders, a group of…

In this timely and insightful work of political analysis, author Olúfémi O. Táiwò breaks down the ways in which…

Self-care has always been a political concept since its inception. For twentieth century feminists, it was about bodily…

In this insightful, funny, and sardonic book, acclaimed author Thomas Frank unravels the greatest political mystery of…

A fascinating and original book, Ain't I A Diva? is the final product of Professor Kevin Allred's interdisciplinary…

For the first time ever in English, this volume presents all of the manifestos and communiqués issued by the RAF…

This issue of The Nib is all about family—the different ins and outs of "family," such as the types, costs,…

As the author of not only the seminal work on the Haitian Revolution, The Black Jacobins, but also the finest book ever…

We Are Many is a reflection on Occupy from within the heart of the movement itself. Examining key questions: What…

The only thing constant about Earth is that it's always changing. From slow-moving geological changes such as droughts…

In full color print, Woman Rebel follows Margaret Sanger's story as an activist, mother, nurse, and protofeminist…

I think we can all agree that our world has some serious problems going on, but in Sowing Seeds in the Desert you'll get…

Anarchists have a knack for coming into conclict with the law. Defiance: Anarchists Statements Before Judge and Jury…

Since the early 2000s, the alt-right movement has been promoting its racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic,…

Union membership in the United States has fallen below 11 percent, the lowest rate since before the New Deal. Labor…

George Orwell’s work is as relevant today as it was in his own lifetime, in the age of Brexit, Trump, and populism,…

During World War I, German soldiers shot down carrier pigeons for fear the birds were carrying enemy communiqués; in…

Our current economic system could not exist without the number systems, coins, banknotes, documents, advertisements,…

Part of the four-book Queens of the Resistance series, saluting some of the most beloved boss ladies in Congress: a…

An examination of history and persistence of patriarchal hierarchies to answer the defining question of feminist…

Karl Marx struggled for twenty years to write Das Kapital and even then left his masterpiece unfinished. Following his…

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

The drug war is less about cocaine or marijuana than it is about social, economic, and territorial control. In Drug War…