Judith Berlowitz’s historical novel offers readers a peek into the Spanish Civil War and the idealism that brought people from across the globe together to fight for democratic governance and human rights.
Marx Meets the Vampire Genre: An Excerpt from Nicholas Powers’ First Novel
In the following excerpt from the upcoming novel Thirst, Indypendent Contributing Editor Nicholas Powers introduces us into a world that is a more truthful version of our own reality.
A Book for People Who Want to Know More About a Land with a People
Fresh perspectives on the Palestine-Israel conflict as well as what peaceful coexistence could look like.
In Search of Utopia: New Book Explores the Troubled History of America’s Intentional Communities
When teacher-writer Adrian Shirk began working on Heaven is a Place on Earth, she set out to create a…
Human History, Retold by David Graeber
Anthropologist David Graeber’s final book is an epic, ambitious romp through the past 30,000 years of social evolution.
Know Thy Enemy: New Book Celebrates Chip Berlet’s 40 Years of Tracking Rightwing Movements
Chip Berlet recognized the importance of studying both the religious and secular right when others on the left thought it unnecessary or even silly.
Poverty and Powerlessness: One Woman’s Journey Amid the “Struggling Class”
Sociologist Celine-Marie Pascale reported from some of the poorest regions of the US where low pay, coupled with the high cost of housing and health care, have propelled millions of workers into a bleak economic corner that few can escape.
The Story of Hasidic Vilyamsburg
A new book tells the story of one of Brooklyn’s most distinctive communities.
Astra Taylor explores debt and what we really owe each other in her wide-ranging new collection of essays.
