The Indypendent
Books
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.
If there’s a photo that best exposes just how hollow the political and corporate praise for “essential workers” was…
A City Fights for Its Public Colleges
New book explores lessons learned during the five-year battle to save the City College of San Francisco.
Police and Prisons, What Are They Good For?
Last summer’s protests put police and prison abolition on the progressive agenda. Yet it remains difficult to imagine a…
