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From Confucius to Greta Thunberg, this timely guide spotlights the figures at the forefront of the most important challenge facing our world. What does it mean to be an ‘environmentalist’? Not necessarily what you think it does. At the heart of environmentalism lies a recognition of the...

A rigorous account of the pivotal but little-studied civil rights leader Jamil Al-Amin, aka H. Rap Brown, stitches together new and profound connections. I Rise in Fire is a gripping, necessary addition to literature on revolutionary politics. In a just world, the name of the late H. Rap Brown...

The author, one of the foremost scholars on Africa, fought to legitimize African history for more than 60 years. This book finally uncovers the tumultuous life of this great figure. Through a series of autobiographical essays, Clarke looks back on his lifelong struggle to restore African history...

“Whether you grew up in South Boston, Belfast, Brooklyn, or somewhere else entirely, you'll recognize something familiar in his search for identity, purpose, belonging, and home.”—Ken Casey of The Dropkick Murphys, from the foreword In All Souls, Michael Patrick MacDonald chronicled a...

An upcoming book to be published by Penguin Random House...

The stunning, untold story of how three nineteenth-century trailblazers built the women’s rights movement until their irreconcilable differences over race and gender split them apart—a legacy that still plagues American feminism today—from the award-winning author of Romantic Outlaws. I...

Esta es la historia de un hombre que pese a llevar más de veinte años encarcelado, sigue luchando por la libertad, la dignidad y el futuro de su pueblo. Marwan Barghouti lleva más de dos décadas retenido en la celda de una prisión israelí, la mayor parte del tiempo en régimen de aislamiento. Aun así, el mundo no ha olvidado su voz.

A powerful, moving memoir from Mohawk Olympian Waneek Horn-Miller—a story of resilience, cultural strength and redefining what true success means At fourteen, Waneek Horn-Miller survived being stabbed during the Oka Crisis—an experience that could have ended her Olympic dreams. Instead...

The incredible true story of a man whose life became a BAFTA winning short film 'The Black Cop'. For fans of I Am Norwell Roberts, My Name is Why and Skint Estate this is the powerful and provocative memoir of the UK's first openly gap Black copper, and his journey from self-hatred to...

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 extraordinary activism of towering literary figure and great American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, after publishing the novel that changed American history. Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold more than a million...

On a warm October night in 1905, a respected banker stepped out of his office and into the darkness. Hours later, he would take his own life, leaving behind a handwritten confession and its most devastating line: "Andrews has worked my ruin." By morning, his bank had collapsed, taking the life...

The first biography of Nelson Mandela written by an African scholar, this groundbreaking book offers a radically de-mythologized take on a global icon of anticolonial liberation struggles. Leading sociologist Xolela Mangcu draws on original interviews and archival research – as well as on his...

A transformative guide featuring unique practices to harness creativity as a tool for healing, justice, and liberation from visionary artist, activist, and New York Times bestselling author Patrisse Cullors. How do we imagine our way toward a better world? From the clothes we wear to the...

Gandhi for a new century: his major legacies and why they still matter, from his foremost biographer. Any shortlist of the most impactful political leaders of the twentieth century must include Gandhi, and once we eliminate the tyrants—Mao, Stalin, and Hitler—Gandhi stands virtually alone...

Ein Plädoyer für Zusammenhalt, Sisterhood und den Mut, laut zu sein: Das erste Hörbuch der Aktivistin Hamadan Hasun (@hami.hsn). Die Familiengeschichte einer Flucht aus dem Irak und dem Neuanfang in Deutschland. Als Jesiden vor dem Genozid im Irak geflohen, musste sich Hamis Familie aus dem Nichts eine neue Existenz aufbauen. Was sie rettete, war ihre Sisterhood: starke Frauen, die einander unterstützen, anstatt miteinander zu konkurrieren.

Ein ungeschönter Insiderbericht aus Russlands härtester Strafkolonie. Als Andrei Pivovarov im Mai 2021 in einem Flugzeug von St. Petersburg nach Warschau verhaftet wird, beginnt ein dreijähriger Weg durch Untersuchungshaft, soziale Isolation und Schikane. »Inside Russia« ist der ergreifende Bericht eines russischen Politikers, der sich für Demokratie und Menschenrechte einsetzte und zum Staatsfeind wurde.

Es ist die Geschichte einer furchtlosen Frau und ihres unermüdlichen Einsatzes für politischen Wandel, Gleichberechtigung, Frauenrechte und die Rechte eines ganzen Volkes. Narges Mohammadi blickt zurück auf ihren außergewöhnlichen Lebensweg – als unerschrockene Aktivistin, die trotz Gefängnisses, Repressionen und Folter nicht schweigt.

In this firsthand exposé, a former Columbia Business School professor mounts a blistering indictment of how radical politics, ideological indoctrination, and institutional indifference have transformed campuses into incubators of anti-Jewish, anti-Israeli, and anti-American hatred. American...

The founder and CEO of the Fearless Fund shares the remarkable story of how she defended her life’s work in a landmark legal battle, drawing lessons from the civil rights movement and offering a playbook to help entrepreneurs, business leaders, and policymakers expand opportunity and build...