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A clear-eyed, haunting story of an ordinary woman struggling to survive captivity, and its aftermath, in the volatile world of 1970s Argentina “Infused with the intensity of a thriller and with such poetic force, The Call is a masterclass. A hundred years from now, we’ll still be talking...

Essays discuss the status of the contemporary African American family, examining current concerns and problems, and offering possible solutions to the troubles they...

In 2027, the testimonial records of nearly 40,000 residential school survivors are set to be destroyed. This is the story of the small group of people who took on the Canadian government to preserve these documents, despite the country’s continued efforts to hide them. In 2008, after decades...

From award-winning Lincoln expert Edward Achorn, the vivid, behind-the-scenes story of one of the most consequential periods in American history—Abraham Lincoln’s first 120 days as president No American president has ever taken office at a moment of crisis such as Abraham Lincoln faced when...

A provocative exposé of how our attention, behavior, and desires have been co-opted by the “choice box”—a curated set of options that offer a false sense of agency while funneling us down pre-determined paths controlled by a select few Choice boxes are all around us, but chances are...

The indigenous Navajo way of life has been in "survival mode" since the introduction of Eurocentric culture in the Americas. Darryl Benally tells the true story of what it is like growing up Navajo, surviving the challenges of navigating in a multicultural society and an unjust system, while...

Derrick Bell is perhaps best known for the principled stand he took at Harvard in 1990 when he quit his tenured position on the law-school faculty to protest the school's failure to grant tenure to a black woman. Now a visiting professor at New York Law School, Bell is still deeply interested in...

An unforgettable deep dive into the history, mythos, and cultural significance of America’s wildest survivor, the black bear—from the host of the wildly popular MeatEater podcast Bear Grease For seven generations, the Newcomb family has hunted, observed, and lived alongside the American...

The intimate, extraordinary biography of Dr. Margaret Morgan Lawrence, America’s first Black female psychoanalyst—penned by her own daughter, now with a new afterword Margaret Morgan, raised in Mississippi in the 1910s, knows she's meant to be a doctor—and that she'll have to fight for it...

In a piercing blend of biography, criticism, and memoir, Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Salamishah Tillet explores Nina Simone’s life and the impact of her legacy. In Nina Simone and the World She Made, Salamishah Tillet traces the enduring artist’s transformation: from Eunice Waymon, child...

The Irish Famine forced a million Irish to flee to America, where they faced discrimination and hatred as unwanted immigrants. They sailed on coffin ships, destitute and desperate. However, the new immigrants and their offspring soon began changing America. The impact of men like Henry Ford, Billy the Kid, JFK, Eugene O'Neill and women like Mother Jones on the new country was profound.

Black, Not Historically Black by Joseph L. Jones is a compelling exploration of the historical and contemporary challenges faced by Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). Jones, a seasoned political scientist and former HBCU president, delves into the systemic issues of leadership...

A paradigm-shifting look at how we got to our current moment of political chaos, from the highly regarded analyst credited with predicting the forces that gave rise to Donald Trump. It is a familiar lament among US citizens: why can’t our politics—and our politicians—go back to normal? For...

The surprising and little-known story of how the United States and Russia forged an extraordinary friendship during the Civil War. In 1863, as the Civil War raged, Russian warships suddenly appeared in New York and San Francisco, sparking celebrations across the North and raising hopes that...

The inspiring true story of the generation of Black officials who took their activism into the halls of power, working in historic leadership roles within the White House, forever reshaping civil rights, presidential politics, and the nation. The history of the 1960s is often told through the...

Belonging is one of the most universal human needs, yet for many mixed-race Indigenous people, it can feel uncertain or contested. Tlingit author Alyssa London grew up with this tension, knowing who she was while sensing that others viewed her identity as something to debate. In We Are Still...

A groundbreaking reframing of post-war America through the lens of conservative Catholicism, and the medieval Catholic moral philosophy that has transformed the nation’s politics and culture In the 1980s, a generation of conservative Catholic radicals rose from the cul‑de‑sacs of postwar...

Black Forward is a hard-hitting investigation into what you can do to fight against the new Jim Crow. Roland Martin argues that if we want to move forward with Black progress against white backlash, we must look back at the civil rights movement and regain some of the independence and...

The fascinating, barely known story of the theft of George Washington’s diary and other irreplaceable historical documents from the Library of Congress in the 1890s, which launched an interstate chase by the Secret Service and a sensational trial, and changed the trajectory of America’s...

A shocking exposé of the dirty trade of gold and how it is pushing the world’s biggest rainforest to the brink of collapse. Gold has a powerful hold over our civilization. The precious metal first attracted the Spanish conquistadors to the new world. For the Incas, only royalty could wear...