Culture

R.I.P. LiP

Amidst the demise of Clamor, Punk Planet, Satya and LiP, Tipping the Sacred Cow: The Best of LiP reads like a super-special edition--complete with illustrations, a "theft ethics" quiz, a glossary of culture-jamming lingo and other useful appendices

Erin Polgreen

Prairie Style Romance

Though Nancy Horan takes great liberty in imagining intimate scenes between Frank Lloyd Wright and Mamah Borthwick Cheney--of which there is no evidence--Loving Frank ultimately rests on historical record

Achy Obejas

Suffering Secondary Trauma

Finding Iris Chang: Friendship, Ambition and the Loss of an Extraordinary Mind explores the complexity of Chang's psychology as it formed around the demands of her profession and her personal struggles stemming from her writing about The Rape of Nanking

Silja J.A. Talvi

Survival of the Adapted

The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory takes the theory of evolution--"survival of the fittest," a phrase that appeared only in a later printing of Charles Darwin's classic text--and, in alternating chapters, juxtaposes the relationship between Darwin and fellow biologist Alfred Russel Wallace with Fries' curiosity about his own adaptations to a world unprepared for his body and his means of motion

Achy Obejas

The Politics of Everyday

The political changes for which we've striven have made a material difference in the way women conceive of their lives, writes Katha Pollitt in Learning to Drive and Other Life Stories

Phoebe Connelly

Can Brazil’s Quilombos Survive?

Quilombo Country documentary reveals the modern-day challenges faced by Brazil's runaway slave communities

Anne Kogan

Chain Stores, Picket Fences and Tanks

American-style sprawl is adversely affecting the outposts of our global empire

Adam Doster

No Happy Endings

Escape from North Korea, the world's most repressive regime

Achy Obejas

Unveiling Muslim Feminism

Muslim women's bodies are too frequently used to symbolize the state of Islam in Iran, and the degree to which it associates itself with the West

Erin Wiegand

The Secret Lives of Plutocrats

In Richistan, Robert Frank offers a breezy, well-observed peek into this gated community. You too could visit if you graduate from "butler boot camp" and become a $120,000-a-year "household manager"

David Moberg

The Kids Aren’t Alright

Daniel Brook's The Trap reminds us that inequality is bad for everyone, rich and poor

Brian Cook

Giving Science the Finger

Generalizations based on hand shape not only are formulated from small pools of data, but smack of pseudo science.

Jody Kolodzey

Iraq: Mismanagement or Mass Murder?

No End in Sight explores how we got into Iraq and what screw-ups have made the situation spiral out of control

Michael Atkinson

Activism Illustrated

Inkworks Press celebrates a quarter century of political posters, the key to making a visual impact before the Internet's rise

Jen Angel

China Plays Hardball with Soft Power

Out with strongman Mao and in with svelte-suited diplomats and film personalities: Chinese leaders have learned the value of a warm smile and firm handshake

Jehangir Pocha

Forget the Foundations

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded shows how nonprofit fundraising hinders radical movements

Jeanine Plant

Iran and America’s Tug of War

Iran's real threat to the United States has less to do with nuclear ambitions and more to do with an explosive tension between politics and resources

Robert S. Eshelman

Chasing the Green Pound in London

Forget "I am not a plastic bag" campaign, Spitalfield's Market is where to find London's genuine eco-friendly fashion

Jessica Clark