REVIEW: In Case You Hadn't Noticed -- Republicans Have Rigged the Congressional Elections
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The GOP Has Drawn the Lines So Even When they Lose, They Still Win
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REVIEW: Colson Whitehead Brilliantly Reimagines the Underground Railroad
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A Novel that Explores Slavery and the Search for Freedom
Read MoreREVIEW: An Incisive New History of the Bloody 1971 Attica Prison Riot
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A Deeply Researched Study that is Not Afraid to Assign Blame for Needless Fatalities
Read MoreREVIEW: A Road Trip Through America's Utopias (Which Were Not All that Perfect)
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A Drive that Spans from Shakers in Kentucky to Thoreau's Pond in Massachusetts
Read MoreREVIEW: A Critical History of the Olympic Games -- Racism, Sexism, and Doping Very Much Included
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And Some Stories of Athleticism, Courage, and Sportsmanship Mixed In
Read MoreREVIEW: 'The Veins of the Ocean,' a Novel About a Florida Woman on the Brink, Considers What it Means to Be Free
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In Life, It Turns Out, There Are Many Ways to Be Trapped
Read MoreREVIEW: A Fine Novel, Based on a Real-Life Case of Literary "Catfishing"
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It's Also a Meditation on the Craft of Writing and the Love of Literature
Read MoreREVIEW: A Stunning New Novel of Historical Horrors, from Africa to America
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Giving a Voice to those Whose Voices Have Been Suppressed
Read MoreREAD THIS: Susan Faludi Travels to Budapest to Find Her Estranged Father — an Anti-Nazi Hero, a Jew-in-Denial, and Now, a Woman
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A Memoir that Speaks to Our Age of Contested Identities
Read MoreREVIEW: Jean Thompson's Brilliant New Novel is a Thelma & Louise for Our Time
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A Wise Novel About an Intense Female Friendship
Read MoreREVIEW: Fed Up With Politicians? A Leading Historian Explains Why They're America's True Heroes
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Leaders Like FDR and Lyndon Johnson Had a Knack for Getting Important Things Done
Read MoreREVIEW: Yes, Disadvantaged Kids Can Excel in School -- Paul Tough Explains How
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Changing Kids' Environments, in School and Out, Can Improve their Outcomes
Read MoreREVIEW: When Oneida, N.Y. was a Center of Utopianism, Eugenics, and Free Love
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As Told by a Historian who is also a Descendant of Oneida's Wild and Woolly Utopians
Read MoreREVIEW: Laid-Off Journalist Joins Inane Start-Up -- You'll Never Guess What Happens Next
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A Sharply Written Memoir About Life in the the Bubble -- in More Ways than One
Read MoreREVIEW: Was 1960's Liberalism the Cause of Today's Overincarceration Crisis?
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A Harvard historian links our Crowded Prisons to President Johnson's War on Poverty
Read MoreREVIEW: "Shelter" is a Compelling Novel of the Sometimes Chilly Bond Between Child and Parents
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And there are some serious tragedies and dramas added to the mix
Read MoreREVIEW: "Lab Girl" is the Story of a Brilliant Woman Scientist With Literary Flair
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A passion for plant science -- and a drive to overcome obstacles
Read MoreREVIEW: Democracy Now!'s Amy Goodman Reflects on 20 Years of Speaking Truth to Power
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Her account is as much media criticism as political critique
Read MoreREVIEW: When America's First Serial Killer Preyed on the Women of 19th Century Texas
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A story of violent crime, race, and small-town Austin on its way to becoming a big-league city
Read MoreReview: A History of a Smallpox Epidemic in 1721 Boston that Puts Colonial New England Under the Microscope
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It's a story that fans of medical history will find hard to resist
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