CBD has insinuated itself into every aspect of our lives, from body oil to pet food. The cannabis derivative cannabidiol is an omnipresent cure-all that has gone from being “voguish” to “a mainstream panacea,” as The New York Times recently noted. And it’s a particular favorite of the crowd endemic to Brooklyn, the Bay Area and other similar urban environs. More

This short, intense book exposes life inside the largest, most violent gang in the world, MS-13. Anthropologist Juan José Martínez d’Aubuisson chronicles firsthand an escalating cycle of violence between MS-13 and its sworn enemies from Barrio 18 as it becomes a war fought on a professional scale with grenades and machine guns. More

In this characteristically turbocharged new book, celebrated Rolling Stone journalist Matt Taibbi provides an insider’s guide to the variety of ways today’s mainstream media tells us lies. Part tirade, part confessional, it reveals that what most people think of as “the news” is, in fact, a twisted wing of the entertainment business. More

Che Guevara left Argentina at 22. At 21, Belén Fernández left the U.S. and didn’t look back. Alone, far off the beaten path in places like Syria and Tajikstan, she reflects on what it means to be an American in a largely American-made mess of a world. More

In October 2018 Brazilians elected Jair Bolsonaro as their new President. A former army officer who served under the military dictatorship, Bolsonaro has spent his political career campaigning against democracy and human rights. Sometimes described as a Tropical Trump, this greatly under-estimates the threat that he poses to Brazil´s still young and fragile democratic institutions. More

There is a current revival of Black Consciousness, as political and student movements around the world – as well as academics and campaigners working in decolonization – reconfigure the continued struggle for socio-economic revolution. More

Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour stands on the brink of power, promising a fundamental re-ordering of British politics. But what, in practice, will this entail? How can a radical government stand up to an establishment that is hostile to any significant redistribution of wealth and power? People Get Ready! dives into the nitty gritty of what’s needed to bring about transformative change. More

Lawyers regularly take the lead in polls as the most unpopular of all professions, ahead, even, of bankers and journalists. But the lawyers featured in this book are different. The stories they tell and the cases they fought are admirable and often inspiring. More

The Balfour Declaration was to be critical in determining the history of the Middle East, from the creation of the state of Israel in 1948 to the present day. And yet, despite its importance, its true origins remain obscure. More

Dream or Nightmare is a book of left wing strategy like no other: It proposes that, to compete with the right, progressives cannot depend on reason and hard fact. They must also deploy drama in the battle of ideas. More

Andrés Manuel López Obrador will become the next President of Mexico. AMLO, a progressive politician often compared to Jeremy Corbyn and Bernie Sanders, participated previously in the 2006 and 2012 Mexican presidential elections. His decisive victory in the 2018 election seems likely to be related to the reaction of his fellow countrymen to the election of another outspoken politician, Donald Trump. More

Fred W. McDarrah was the ultimate chronicler of New York’s downtown scene in the 1960s and 70s, and therefore of a signal moment in gay culture when he captured the community around the Stonewall uprising fifty years ago. More

One of the great populist leaders of the left, Lula—together with Bernie Sanders, Jeremy Corbyn and Andrés Manuel López Obrador—reignited a worldwide movement of progressives. Now he sits in prison, convicted of “passive corruption.” More

In this collection of essays, Jeffrey C. Isaac argues that the threat posed to liberal democracy by Trump warrants a strong democratic response, articulating a politics that bridges the gap between liberalism and leftism. More

Literary grandmaster Robert Coover has long been obsessed with myth, decay, sex and narrative, time and technology: and these themes come together in this short, dark fable that centers around the once-grand, now-aged Princess. More