Most Americans are likely to encounter the effects of government malfeasance or neglect close to home--from their governors, mayors, town councils, school boards, police, and prosecutors. In fact, deals shrouded […]
Sankofa Bookstore
2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC
Join us for the third installment in our series commemorating the 100th birthday of Malcolm X—activist, orator, and enduring symbol of Black liberation. Titled The Unrelenting Revolutionary: Malcolm X, this […]
Sankofa Bookstore
2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC
Join us for the fourth installment in our series commemorating the 100th birthday of Malcolm X - activist, orator, and enduring symbol of Black liberation - with a special screening […]
To mark the paperback release of the New York Times bestseller, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Stephen Breyer offers a provocative analysis of the […]
On August 25, 1944, Rose Valland, a woman of quiet daring, found herself in a desperate position. From the windows of her beloved Jeu de Paume museum, where she had […]
At a time when artificial intelligence, climate change, and inequality are raising fundamental questions about the economic system, Capitalism and Its Critics provides a kaleidoscopic history of global capitalism, from the East […]
On Little Great Island, climate change is disrupting both life and love. After offending the powerful pastor of a cult, Mari McGavin has to flee with her six-year-old son. With […]
With the gravitas of Joan Biskupic and the irreverence of Elie Mystal, Leah Litman brings her signature wit to the question of what's gone wrong at One First Street. In Lawless, […]
Malcolm X has become as much of an American icon as Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, or Martin Luther King. But when he was murdered in 1965, he was still […]
Radical Reality reveals how independent documentary makers around the world produce cinematic stories that speak truth to power-and why nonfiction storytelling matters for social justice. Pushing against increasingly difficult political and […]
The Battle for the Black Mind is an explosive historical account of the struggle for educational justice in America. Drawing on over a decade of archival research, personal reflection, and keen sociological […]
In 2014, after losing several friends and relatives to cancer, an unassuming insurance underwriter in Hoosick Falls, New York, began to suspect that the local water supply was polluted. When […]