Review

“March” tells the story of young African Americans who, like its author, rose up from the Jim Crow South to assert their human rights.

Micah Uetricht's ‘Strike for America: Chicago Teachers Against Austerity’ relates the stirring transformation of the Chicago Teachers Union into a democratically organized force for social justice.

Masha Gessen's “Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot” tells the essential backstory to the Pussy Riot phenomenon in a way that "rescues these women from this …

Nature photographer and photojournalist Peter Essick has produced a beautiful, horrifying mirror of our Earth in his new book, “Our Beautiful, Fragile World.”

The 16 oral histories in Corinne Goria's excellent anthology, ‘Invisible Hands’, elucidates the realities behind the scenes of the so-called global economy.

The stunning directness and immediacy of the opening line of Sigrid Unset's first novel, “Marta Oulie,” are sustained throughout its pages.

Mary Cronk Farrell 's new book tells the story of 79 white female American nurses who were captured by the Japanese during World War II and held as prisoners.

The problem with “The Wolf of Wall Street” isn't that the movie encourages viewers to idolize someone like Jordan Belfort. The problem is they already do.

Martin Scorsese's “The Wolf of Wall Street” delivers high craft and a rollicking good time. And that's a big problem.

Reza Aslan's “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” looks at issues of class and colonialism, oppression and rebellion, in first century Judea in a way that …