Books
Albert Maltz’s long-suppressed civil rights novel is rediscovered—and still relevant
January 23, 2024A Long Day in a Short Life, just released in a beautiful new paperback edition by Alma Books, is available for the first time since 1957. You’ve probably never heard of it.
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Gerald Horne endows International Publishers research prize on Indigenous dispossession and Black oppression
January 18, 2024$1,000 scholarship seeks the best new manuscript.
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Dennis Broe’s ‘The House That Buff Built,’ latest in L.A. noir crime fiction
January 11, 2024The House That Buff Built by Dennis Broe is the fourth in a series of Harry Palmer mysteries set in Los Angeles in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
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Revisiting DuBois’ landmark book, ‘The World and Africa’
January 5, 2024First published in 1947, the book remains a touchstone for anyone who wants to understand the modern world.
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‘Wonka’ review: A condemnation of wealthy elites the whole family can enjoy
December 18, 2023While the movie isn’t shouting “Down with the system!” from the chocolate rooftops, Wonka portrays the struggle against greedy candy capitalists.
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