Sociology

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

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

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

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise…

In this hilarious cultural and societal critique, discover and unpack the sad complicated mess we've made…

Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep “ownership” of their slaves, through the…

Linking the caste systems of America, India, and Nazi Germany, Wilkerson explores eight pillars that underlie caste…

What is the nature of love? This groundbreaking, fascinating book delves into the brain science of sex, romance, and…

The infamous eco-anarchist John Zerzan checks in with further provocative articles about the chaotic results of…

The women featured in this book have made a splash in the world of Surf. As surfing grows to a worldwide lifestyle and…

The Victorian era was filled with painful style from corsets and binding that gripped society. In the 1850's a new loose…

Racist pseudoscience has become so commonplace that it can be hard to spot. Neo-Nazis and white supremacists…

If your house were on fire, what would you take? Foster Huntington has collected answers to this telling question from…

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a…

Laxmi never paid much attention to the tiny hairs above her lip. But one day while playing farm animals at recess, her…

When faced with someone's anger, we may not know how to react, and the volatile emotions can cause us to loose our…

Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former radio reporter, is currently in prison in Pennsylvania awaiting his state-sactioned execution.…

These defining essays on Hip Hop Generation Feminism came out of the incredibly popular Crunk Feminism blog, run by a…

Nouning a verb and verbing a noun are not new concepts, but they've become more popular in recent years. Why? Because…

A, my name is ALBA and my sister’s name is AYELÉN. We come from ARGENTINA and we are ADVENTUROUS. Girls from 26…

First published in 1956, Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" is a prophetic masterpiece--an epic raging against dehumanizing society…

Society sucks. And society has a bad habit of not trusting women, with anything, but especially when it comes to sex and…

Spiritual Philosopher Alan Watts explores how our ideas of the material world are fundamentally flawed and how these…

Video games have come a long way from being known mainly as the preferred pastime of geeks, nerds, and slackers who live…

From a pro wrestler fans loved to hate to a bona fide Hollywood superstar, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is truly all sorts…

Today the social, environmental, and political stakes are larger than ever, but so is the impact activists can have.…

Antiracism is not a destination but a journey—one that takes deliberate, consistent work. Ibram X. Kendi’s concept…

This book is a delightful read with beautiful images that showcase 13 brave women who changed the world. Whether it be…