An ecological engineer travels the world to learn how technology can address urban eco-crises in the approachable The Nature of Our Cities.
Madhumita Murgia’s bracing Code Dependent puts human faces to debates about AI’s perils and promises, revealing both the potential harm and good that this technology can do.
In White Poverty, William J. Barber II urges poor white and Black people to unite against the policies that favor the rich and powerful.
The riveting We Are Not Able to Live in the Sky probes the perils and promises of microfinance for women in developing countries.
Morally Straight weaves detailed journalism and author Mike De Socio’s deeply personal memories in its recounting of the effort to lift bans on LGBTQ+ Boy Scouts and their leaders.
Invisible Labor is a sobering, provocative and deeply researched look at the history of C-sections and how they impact women’s lives.
Shefali Luthra’s Undue Burden is a rigorous and compelling condemnation of the unnecessary pain and sorrow Dobbs left in its wake.
The Way That Leads Among the Lost investigates the heavy yet enlightening history of anexos, clandestine Mexico City drug recovery centers.
Amanda Montell explores our cultural and cognitive biases and their perilous consequences in the funny, compassionate The Age of Magical Overthinking.
Death Row Welcomes You is an enthralling, deeply reported story that captures the humanity of the condemned men on Tennessee’s death row.
Language City reveals the New Yorkers working to save their endangered mother tongues and offers a new way of viewing language.
Reporter Marie Arana paints a thoughtful portrait of how Latinos have shaped—and been shaped by—the United States in this punchy cultural history.
Sito is a harrowing, impactful account of a teenager caught in a cycle of violence and the juvenile justice system that failed him.
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