By Joshua Holland, deleted, AlterNet. October 30, 2009. Economy:An interview with Prins, former managing director at Goldman Sachs, now a razor-sharp financial muckraker and author of the new book, "It Takes a Pillage."
By Mike Roselle, St. Martin's Press. October 12, 2009. Environment:One of the most controversial figures in the conservationist movement shares personal stories of (often hilarious) radical activism.
By Rachel Simmons, The Penguin Press. September 1, 2009. Gender:Girls are encouraged to be nice, quiet, perfect, polite -- at the expense of their authenticity and sense of self.
By Kerry Trueman, AlterNet. August 26, 2009. Environment:"Just Food" is framed as the lament of a lapsed locavore who has been driven into the arms of Agribiz by food-mile militants who, according to him, number in the millions.
By Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum, Basic Books. August 21, 2009. Environment:Science matters- to politics, the economy, and our future. But do Americans really understand and appreciate that?
By Kari Lydersen, Melville House Publishing. August 19, 2009. Civil Liberties:When Chicago's Republic Windows & Doors suddenly closed, workers occupied the factory and fought for their labor rights.
By Benjamin Dangl, AlterNet. August 18, 2009. World:The rise of the Latin American left is a product of years of social movements and dramatic leadership.
By Larry Schweiger, Fulcrum Publishing. August 17, 2009. Media:Shallow news coverage causes most Americans to underestimate the urgency of the threat of global warming.
By Michael Eric Dyson, Basic Books. August 11, 2009. Sex & Relationships:The author argues in his book excerpt that a "great deal of the nation’s gender problem has to do with how men think about women."
By Jon Clift, Amanda Cuthbert, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 5, 2009. Water:How much water does it take to shower, brush your teeth, do a load of laundry?
By Howard Dean, Chelsea Green Publishing. August 3, 2009. News & Politics:The longer Republicans obscure the real issues and obstruct healthcare reform efforts, the higher the costs will rise.
By Steven Epstein, The Nation. July 31, 2009. Sex & Relationships:A new book show how government officials, courts and politicians have struggled to make sense of sexual nonconformity.
By Richard Seireeni, Chelsea Green Publishing. July 27, 2009. Environment:The historic company was founded by "the godfather of today's green brands." Will his grandsons keep the vision alive?
By Charles Homans, Washington Monthly. July 24, 2009. Drugs:Nick Reding's book "Methland" argues that the shocking rates of meth addiction in the US heartland are in many ways a product of globalization.
By Hans Bennett, AlterNet. July 21, 2009. Civil Liberties:As the incarceration rate of U.S. women skyrockets, an important book shines new light on the struggles of women prisoners.
By Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Berrett-Koehler Publishers. July 15, 2009. News & Politics:When we create the right environment for deliberative democracy, we can arrive at consensus. In that consensus, there is power.
By Alexander Zaitchik, AlterNet. July 7, 2009. Environment:Father of the Gaia Theory, James Lovelock says we can't stop climate change, but that humanity will continue in some smaller form.
By Theresa Amato, The New Press. July 7, 2009. Civil Liberties:Third-party candidates are effectively shut out of the presidential race by the two major parties designed to squash the competition.
By Will Allen, Chelsea Green Publishing. July 6, 2009. Environment:Here's the history behind the transition from farm to feedlot and why Big Pharma rules the barn.
By Sasha Abramsky, PoliPoint Press. July 4, 2009. Civil Liberties:America's poor are being priced out of a market flush with excess eatables. It's an abomination we can fix.
By Robert Jensen, Soft Skull Press. July 3, 2009. Investigations:To imagine a just and sustainable world, we need not just a politics but a theology that can help us face our delusional arrogance.
By Bruce Friedrich, AlterNet. July 2, 2009. Environment:Although some people still attempt to justify foie gras production, science backs up common sense: It's foul.
By Rebekah and Stephen Hren, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 27, 2009. Water:You think that's rain you feel on your shoulders? Nope. That's actually money falling right from the sky. Here's how to catch it.
By Mark Thomas, Nation Books. June 27, 2009. Media:Knowing the history behind the ubiquitous bottle of Coca-Cola just might leave a bad taste in your mouth.
By Matt Ball, Bruce Friedrich, Lantern Books. June 23, 2009. Environment:We seek to challenge the very structures of oppression against animals and to work to dismantle the system that says animals are commodities.
By Jon Clift, Amanda Cuthbert, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 23, 2009. Environment:Here are a few things your office can do to get on the high-speed train to Sustainabilityville.
By Joel Salatin, Public Affairs Books. June 20, 2009. Environment:The new book Food Inc. explains the most realistic and effective approach to transforming a system that is slowly but surely killing us.
By Liz Langley, Liz Langley's Blog. June 17, 2009. Sex & Relationships:The Best Sex Writing 2009 covers everything from virginity pledges to orgasming after a spinal chord injury.
By Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. June 15, 2009. Gender:Recently released feminist books offer multifaceted critiques of gender and the culture wars.
By Paul Krassner, Cleis Press. June 13, 2009. Civil Liberties:Krassner's new book "In Praise of Indecency" attacks the taboos surrounding sex and pornography.
By Margaret Wheeler Johnson, AlterNet. June 13, 2009. Economy:Author Matthew Crawford publishes a jeremiad against white-collar culture and the educational system designed to populate it.
By Marjorie Cohn, Kathleen Gilberd, PoliPoint Press. June 13, 2009. World:The authors of a new book share the success stories of war resisters and ways soldiers and citizens can use their rights to end the wars of today.
By Rebekah and Stephen Hren, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 11, 2009. Environment:By gradually relocalizing our food production we can return to an agricultural system that is much less energy intensive.
By Lisa M. Hamilton, Counterpoint Press. June 8, 2009. Environment:A 10th-generation rancher in New Mexico shows how to restore the environment, agriculture and ranching communities.
By Philip Willan, Comment Is Free. June 5, 2009. Investigations:A new book offers an unprecedented glimpse of the inner workings of one of the world's most secretive financial institutions -- the Vatican's bank.
By Les Leopold, Chelsea Green Publishing. June 3, 2009. Economy:Wall Street investment houses went after the $100 billion saved in school-district trust funds like Whitefish Bay's, and made a killing.
By Gene Logsdon, Chelsea Green Publishing. May 27, 2009. Environment:OK, you've mastered tomatoes and peppers -- but how about learning how to grow grains in your own yard?
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Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens our Future
Revolt on Goose Island: The Chicago Factory Takeover, and What it Says About the Economic Crisis
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Our Last Chance to Preserve Life On Earth Is Slipping Away
The Sky Isn't Falling: It Turns Out Gay Marriage Has Not Destroyed the Institution for Heteros
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Why Men Need to Get Over Their Femiphobia -- Fear and Disdain of the Female
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Howard Dean: How Republican Attack Dogs Plan to Thwart Health Reform
The Straight State: How Gays Became the "Anticitizen"
Road Kill: It's Fresh, It's Organic, It's Free
Will Dr. Bronner's Magic Soap Continue to Defy Selling Out to Corporate Culture?
Why Midwestern Small Towns Have Been Ravaged by Meth Addiction
Beyond Attica: The Untold Story of Women's Resistance Behind Bars
Provocative New Book Challenges Us to Really Ask "Why?"
The Dark Side of Climate Change: It's Already Too Late, Cap and Trade Is a Scam, and Only the Few Will Survive
Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny
From Farm to Pharma: How Animals Ended Up Living in Confined Feedlots Guzzling Antibiotics
Breadline USA: Why People Are Going Hungry in the Land of Plenty
Can Engaging with a Radical Religion Help Save Progressives from Self-Indulgence?
Foie Gras: How a 5,000-Year-Old Delicacy Inspired the World's Fiercest Food Fight
Save Money By Saving Rainwater
Coca-Cola's Troubling History: Drug Addicts, Nazis and MLK's Condemnation
Why Progressives Should Care About Animal Rights
7 Ways to Green Up Your Office
Taking Down the Corporate Food System Is Simple
The Mind-Boggling Variety of Sexual Experience
Women's Bodies Remain Battlegrounds in the Culture Wars
You Still Can't Buy a Vibrator in Alabama
Let’s Get Physical: What's So Great About Working in a Cubicle?
Rules of Disengagement: What You Can Do To End Illegal Wars
How We Can Free Ourselves from a Fossil-Fuel-Soaked Diet
Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers in the Age of Agribusiness
The Vatican's Dirty Secrets: Bribery, Money Laundering and Mafia Connections
The Looting of America: How Wall Street Fleeced Millions from Wisconsin Schools
Homegrown Grains: The Key to Food Security