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“The Great Experiment” flatters liberal readers that by expressing their distaste for cancel culture, they have become diverse democracy’s most gallant defenders.

This new book is a contribution to our understanding of the last half century of both U.S. and global economic policy.

Many books describe organizing drives and some capture the transformative impact these campaigns can have on the participants. The empowerment that happens when a worker decides to engage in collective action, and this book documents that reality...

This new biography of the famed Harlem Renaissance poet, novelist, and historian focuses on his pioneering work in the early international Communist movement on behalf of Black liberation.

The story is full of very relatable pandemic moments: workers questioning whether it’s safe to go to work or whether they should stay home, streets suddenly emptied, N-95 masks. What makes this all so remarkable is that it was published in 2018...

John L Williams’ new book on the pan-African thinker is a marvel that offers a close, meticulous description of his life and thinking, untangling his transformations and inviting reacquaintance.

Women working in the blue-collar “nontraditional” occupations, traditionally occupied by men, have been writing about their experiences, contributing to our knowledge of “the hidden history of affirmative action.” Here is such a story.

This decade-old book is especially relevant now.

This book, published two years ago (as was this review), remains timely, especially given decisions already handed down by the evangelical Christian U.S. Supreme Court majority, as well as those expected from the Court later this month.

George Floyd was committed to being a person that mattered. But he was also Black, so he could never catch a break. As he got older the police were always at the ready. The day Chauvin murdered him was not the first time he had met Chauvin.