A sweeping study of sexual assault trials in the Jim Crow South, detailing the racial and economic inequities of rape law and the resistance of ordinary women
Why the crisis of Christianity has become a crisis for democracy
An unprecedented examination of the underexplored late work of the iconic American modernist
The next phase of the war over reproduction in America
How the U.S. policy of competition with China is detrimental to democracy, peace, and prosperity—and how a saner approach is possible
The enduring legacy of the nineteenth-century struggle for Black literacy in the American South
The first-ever biography of the ultra-radical thinker Robert Wedderburn, from his native Jamaica to metropole London, by an award-winning historian
A deep dive into the importance of daily communication and how we can harness its power to create a better life
An award-winning economic journalist on why the US dollar is positioned to maintain global primacy—and what that means for America and the world
The first comprehensive study of Jewish children’s flight from Nazi Germany to France—and their subsequent escape to America from the Vichy regime
The last work by “one of the most singular voices of twentieth-century French philosophy” (Critical Inquiry) on the complexities of love in public and private life
From Homer’s epics to mainstream news, stories have lives of their own—and humans may not always control the narratives we create