Civil Rights & Liberties

The rise and fall of the Voting Rights Act, from the triumph of its passage in 1965 to its evisceration by the Supreme Court in their 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder The Voting Rights Act of 1965 finally made good on the promise of the Fifteenth Amendment, which nearly a century before...

A revelatory and powerful testament of protest, courage, and imprisonment in America’s deportation regime. This program is read by the author with Daoud Heidami. “Are you Mahmoud Khalil?” The question marked the start of a politically charged odyssey that took the Palestinian graduate...

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Franchise comes the little-known story of the pioneering Black women artists and activists who were seen, but barely heard, at the 1963 March on Washington. "Chatelain lets us see the complexities of these women’s lives, feel their pain, and marvel at...

‘Astonishing … A work of moral courage’ BRIAN ENO ‘Revelatory’ WILLIAM DALRYMPLE ‘An important work’ AFUA HIRSCH ‘Remarkable’ YANIS VAROUFAKIS ‘A book of extraordinary moral clarity’ NATHAN THRALL A sweeping and revelatory history of the hidden tradition of Jewish thinkers...

In Racist by Design, award-winning historian Kelly Lytle Hernández reveals how generations of lawmakers and law enforcers built the American immigration system to encourage white immigrants while targeting nonwhite migrants for exclusion, punishment, and removal. The goal, often explicitly...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if a nation could look at a people every day and still refuse to see their souls? In *The Souls of Black Folk*, W. E. B. Du Bois created one of the defining works of African American literature, social thought, and moral witness. First published in...

In this incisive book, Reason editor Jacob Sullum untangles America’s twin crusades against guns and drugs, suggesting better-tailored alternatives that do more good while causing less harm. Does gun control work? What about drug prohibition? In this cogent examination of two of America’s...

If you're not writing the truth about crimes against humanity, you're culpable in them. Human rights activist and Middle East scholar Assal Rad is known online as the 'headline fixer' - with a special focus on exposing double standards in Western media, especially about Palestine. Israelis are...

Born in Alexandria in 1944 to Jewish parents from Germany and Austria, Margaret arrived in England aged four – stateless, foreign, and an outsider. Those origins shaped everything. Her grandmother was murdered by the Nazis. Her grandfather was greeted as an enemy alien and then interned on...

A radical blueprint for universal housing meets an unflinching assessment of why we haven't won—from the bestselling author of Capital City In the fight for housing, we are caught between the world we know and the world we want. A Right to Housing? offers both a roadmap and a reckoning...

Explore the global history of human rights and social movements as dissidents fight to dismantle ancient hierarchies. Perfect for an educational morning commute, this empowering non-fiction journey reveals how ordinary citizens demanded political citizenship, labor rights, and emancipation...

Trace the turbulent political history of democracy as everyday rebels fought systemic oppression to win our civil rights. Perfect for your daily commute, this inspiring narrative transports you from ancient assemblies to modern battlegrounds where marginalized citizens risked everything to...

Discover how grassroots activists shattered segregation and shaped American history through quiet acts of daily defiance. Perfect for an educational morning commute, this deeply empowering narrative shifts the spotlight to the true engines of social justice. Experience the tense, gripping...

Trace the urgent civil rights battle for LGBTQ+ equality from criminalized silence to powerful global liberation protests. Perfect for your daily commute or a session of focused self-education, this inspiring history grounds complex legal milestones in the deeply personal lived experiences of...

Track the urgent history of censorship and human rights as everyday rebels fight powerful empires to speak freely. Perfect for an educational morning commute, this thought-provoking political science narrative reveals that open expression was never simply granted. It was violently contested...