Making Global Sense by Judah Freed takes a look at what happens when people stop treating themselves as isolated individuals and begin seeing humanity as an interdependent whole. Drawing on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, Freed argues that freedom depends on people learning to govern themselves...

In Without A Compass, Martin Terrell recounts his childhood in Cincinnati’s West End, where poverty and segregation shape the boundaries of life before his mother’s death sends him into foster care. At Walnut Hills High School, Terrell discovers an aptitude for writing and begins to...

In her memoir Piece by Piece, Sheryl Hauk tells the story of how she survived an abusive childhood and built a life centered on music, teaching, family, and creativity. Even though her father no longer has control over her, the effects of the abuse continue...

A Collection of Poems by Kauveh Rusta brings together thoughtful poems about life, exile, love, death, and the search for identity. Every poem is accompanied by an abstract painting, which gives the words a visual story. Kauveh takes readers to Iran, a country he still...

The marginalization of Jews who are not of European origin is the subject of Interrogating Ashkenormativity by Sipporah International. For readers not familiar with the term, Ashkenazi Jews are an ethnic group that originated in medieval Germany and France during the 10th century. They spoke...

In Rise and Climb, Ben Barbic looks back on a childhood shaped by his father’s motorcycle world in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where racing trophies made ambition feel almost normal. A wildfire destroys the family home when he is five, then the Loma Prieta earthquake...

Companies are desperate for skilled workers, spending endless resources on recruiting and training talent. What’s more, the high turnover rates make these efforts look like pouring water into a sieve. Meanwhile, an entire segment of the population is desperate for a half-decent job, facing barriers...

When Mimi Nichter boarded a Trans World Airlines flight on September 6th, 1970, she was focused on resuming her studies at George Washington University after a productive trip to Israel. She never in her wildest dreams expected that this flight would put her in a...

Julie Cruse’s The Burn List tells the story of abuse and a life shaped through enduring violence and survival, from a childhood characterized by domestic poverty and abuse to a distressing journey through higher education that replicates the very harm she sought to escape. College...

How to Show Up for the Dying and Their Loved Ones by Moriah Melín W. is one of the most genuinely useful and compassionate guides to a subject most of us avoid until we have no choice. The author is a midwife who has spent...