Collection: Non-Fiction

An award-winning scholar exposes the foundational racism of the child welfare system and calls for radical change   Many believe the child welfare system protects children from abuse. But as Torn Apart uncovers,...

Violence is arrayed against me because I'm Black, or female, or queer, or undocumented. There is no rescue team coming for us. With that knowledge,...

A pathbreaking history of the United States’ overseas possessions and the true meaning of its empireWe are familiar with maps that outline all fifty states....

  A wide-ranging anthology of essays exploring one of the most vital art forms on the planet today   From the earliest computers to the...

  The stories of second-generation immigrant gay men coming of age in Los Angeles Growing up in the shadow of Hollywood, the gay sons of...

From the host of Everything Iconic with Danny Pellegrino comes a collection of stories you'll be glad didn't happen to you. Think of the most embarrassing thing...

So what if it's true that Black women are mad as hell? They have the right to be. In the Black feminist tradition of Audre...

From the bestselling author of ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW comes a searing memoir of family, class and grief--a daughter's search to understand the lives...

  Philosopher Myisha Cherry teaches us the right ways to deal with wrongdoing in our lives and the world Sages from Cicero to Oprah have...

Equal parts stunning, photo-heavy look book and cultural commentary, Fly is the story of the undeniable intersection of high fashion and basketball. Organized by era, each section...

An inside look at Black LGBTQ college students and their experiences Black and Queer on Campus offers an inside look at what life is like for...

The remarkable true story of Ellen and William Craft, who escaped slavery through daring, determination, and disguise, with Ellen passing as a wealthy, disabled White...

  An incisive portrait of how the new Black politics can forge a future centered on collective action, community, and care When #BlackLivesMatter emerged in...

The United States, the richest country on earth, has more poverty than any other advanced democracy. Why? Why does this land of plenty allow one...

An introduction to the spiritual source of the beliefs and practices that have so profoundly shaped African American religious traditions. Most of the Africans who...

The creators of the beloved podcast Good Moms Bad Choices challenge outdated notions of what being a "good" mother truly means--inviting moms of all kinds...

A glorious design herbarium of marijuana ads from the great underground magazines of the 1960s and '70s The youth uprising now simply known as the...

A bold call to reexamine how our government operates--and sometimes fails to--from President Obama's former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for...

The bestselling co-author of Why Nations Fail and the bestselling co-author of 13 Bankers deliver a bold reinterpretation of economics and history that will fundamentally change how you see the...

The award-winning journalist and co-host of CBS Saturday Morning tells the candid, and deeply personal story of her mother's abandonment and how the search for answers forced...