Happy #PublicationDay to FOR LOUDER DAYS by Yotam Marom! A brilliant, lyrical clarion cry for a more honest, more strategic, more loving approach to progressive activism and movement building, grounded in decades of experience from a veteran movement leader. https://ow.ly/1L3b50Z5J7o

Happy #PublicationDay to A BITE-SIZED HISTORY OF ITALY by Danielle Callegari! From the Roman Empire to today, A BITE-SIZED HISTORY OF ITALY offers a glimpse of the making of Italy itself—a nation defined, defended, and devoured around the table. https://ow.ly/ritc50Z6i4w

A BITE-SIZED HISTORY OF ITALY "distills thousands of years of history for this delightful tour of Italian food and culture." Read a review in Publishers Weekly https://ow.ly/CiwW50Yt2PS

Boston friends: join us on 6/17 for a conversation about THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC at @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social

EATING BEHIND BARS by Leslie Soble, with Alex Busansky, Dr. Aishatu R. Yusuf, and Impact Justice has been named a 2026 James Beard Foundation Book Award Nominee in the Food Issues and Advocacy category! Learn more about the book and read an excerpt here: https://ow.ly/BMHM50Z5nIY

The rest of the world is watching—and they have thoughts. Eve Fairbanks and @mmschwartz.bsky.social join @tylermcbrien.com to discuss their new anthology on how journalists around the globe are making sense of Trump's America.

Democracy thrives on participation. When more voices enter the process, the entire direction of the country shifts. Steve Phillips joins us TOMORROW to talk about what real participation looks like and why it matters more than ever. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts 🎙️

Check out Stephanie Foote's review of Judith Enck & Adam Mahoney's "The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It's Too Late," published in 2025 by @thenewpress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum www.h-net.org/reviews/show...

Happy to announce that Poverty for Profit has won a 2026 Silver Nautilus award for Journalism and Investigative Reporting! Huge thanks to @thenewpress.bsky.social for its support of my work. www.nautilusbookawards.com/2026-winners...

"A startling revelation of misogyny embedded deeply in the U.S. legal system." Valena Beety's forthcoming PINK CRIME (Out in August) is reviewed in this week's Publishers Weekly https://ow.ly/fTcZ50YZbR2

It’s time to reckon with the full activist life & legacy of Coretta Scott King. And particularly on Memorial Day, we need to see her as the antiwar leader that she was, leading her husband & the nation. She had that global perspective and anti-militarism when she and MLK met in 1952. A month-long 🧵

"A robust and energizing dissection of a protean foe." - Read a review of RED PILL POLITICS by David Ost in Publishers Weekly https://ow.ly/z37E50Yt1HX

Happy pub day to RED PILL POLITICS by David Ost, a masterful examination of fascist politics past and present, providing readers with the tools to understand, and defeat, today’s resurgent far right. https://ow.ly/yo1F50YJ3kR

"[A] somber analysis of why the Constitution is no longer sufficient for addressing the challenges America faces." This week's Publishers Weekly includes a review of the forthcoming THE CONSTITUTION CANNOT SAVE US by Louis Michael Seidman (Out in July) https://ow.ly/3wps50YZa8F

"Authoritative and accessible" - Booklist Publications reviews the forthcoming second edition of BLACK STATS by Monique Couvson (out in June) https://ow.ly/nBTI50YYjlc

Back to MLK & Coretta Scott's first date, where they talk about racism & capitalism (!). She's more of an activist than him when they meet. He's smitten, saying she has “all the qualities he wanted in a wife—beauty, personality, character & intelligence.” She's incredulous but agrees to a 2nd date.

Tune in tonight at 6:30 EST for our final Schomburg Conversations in Black Freedom Studies of the season. We're talking about Black struggles for home, public space, and mobility with @keeanga.bsky.social, Deborah Archer, Rosemary Ndubizu, and Mia Bay: youtube.com/live/Yo1zkyY...

Happy pub day to THE SACRED ART OF TEACHING by Lisa Delpit and Chris Emdin A powerful, no-holds-barred set of dialogues about race and education that offer a model of mentorship, mutual respect, and the power of dialogue across difference. https://ow.ly/GSYI50YHkW4

"A breezy culinary history that’ll work up your appetite." - Read a review of the forthcoming A BITE-SIZED HISTORY OF ITALY (out in June) in the new issue of Kirkus Reviews https://ow.ly/2BYs50YEFmS

Out today! A new edition of FROM DICTATORSHIP TO DEMOCRACY by Gene Sharp, a classic of political resistance that has been a lifeline for movements around the world seeking to challenge oppressive regimes through nonviolent resistance. https://ow.ly/3Jz450YwAbf

This event is free and open to all but please RSVP in advance: www.beyondplastics.org/events/brook... 🏷️ @thenewpress.bsky.social, @brooklinebooksmith.bsky.social, @beyondplastics.bsky.social

"Worldwide, natural disasters drive people out of their homes more than twice as often as war & other conflict" New from me @therealnews.com, recorded at @redemmas.org I speak with @jmhattem.bsky.social @thenewpress.bsky.social about our new era of climate migration therealnews.com/climate-migr...

Judith Enck, author of THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC, discusses the myth of plastic recycling, the failures of US regulation and the grassroots movements demanding accountability with Public Seminar https://ow.ly/2qbH50YLqrS

Proud to debut the excerpt for my new book "Are White Men Smarter Than Everybody Else?" in today's @us.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Happy pub day to ARE WHITE MEN SMARTER THAN EVERYBODY ELSE?, the latest from bestselling author Steve Phillips This bold and incisive corrective offers equality-loving readers the arguments, data, and inspiration they need to challenge the status quo effectively. https://ow.ly/ryjo50YH1sY

Happy pub day to WORKING-CLASS NEW YORK by Joshua B. Freeman, a “lucid, detailed” (The Nation) and “engrossing” (Dissent) look at the model city that working-class New Yorkers created after World War II—and its tragic demise https://ow.ly/MWgA50YwzA0

"These varied essays are a spark for further conversation about how other nations perceive the U.S." - Read a review of the forthcoming HOW WE SEE IT edited by The Dial (out in June) in Library Journal https://ow.ly/gHnx50YEI7h

Judith Enck, author of THE PROBLEM WITH PLASTIC, talks to Gwyneth Paltrow for the goop podcast about microplastics, the realities of recycling, and what individuals can do. https://ow.ly/nR6X50YLqF8

It feels like there's a new discovery about microplastics in our bodies every month. Our own @judithenck.bsky.social and @trishavv.bsky.social cut through the noise in this 55+ Life interview: 55pluslife.com/microplastic...

Join @adamlmahoney.bsky.social at T-Bone’s Records & Cafe for a special Earth Day (4/22) book talk from 5:30PM to 7:30PM! Adam will be discussing "The Problem with Plastic," which he co-wrote with our own @judithenck.bsky.social. Learn more: www.beyondplastics.org/book-events/...

The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late (2025) by Judith Enck, Adam Mahoney @thenewpress.bsky.social @beyondplastics.bsky.social Plastic’s impact on human health and the environment, how we can fight back by putting people and planet over plastics

Read an excerpt from Tori Tsui's "fantastic and insightful" new book IT'S NOT JUST YOU in CounterPunch https://ow.ly/A2Mq50YGLhR

“Richards’s scholarship and vibrant prose create a meaningful guide for those seeking to understand the United States’ ongoing debates with its founding ideals.” - Read Library Journal's starred review 🌟 of THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF 1776 by Thomas Richards Jr. https://ow.ly/8r9p50Yt0qB

"A riveting and fascinating book." - Read a review of the forthcoming A BITE-SIZED HISTORY IN ITALY by Danielle Callegari (out in June) in Library Journal https://ow.ly/ImYP50YEEwv

🚨EVENT SOON🚨 Join co-author Judith Enck and Pulitzer-finalist investigative journalist, Michael Hawthorne for a free book talk at Seminary Co-Op Bookstore in Chicago on Weds, April 15 at 5:00 PM CT to learn more about the plastic pollution crisis and the solutions outlined in this bold new book.

I chose this title for my next book to force readers to say the quiet part out loud. After years of attacks on DEI, inequality still flourishes. It's time to squarely face the tough questions about the roots and tenacity of this inequality #AWMS www.amazon.com/White-Smarte...

“One thing I have learned is the most effective strategy at all times…is centering your heart with the most vulnerable people…and then relentlessly telling the truth about what you see.” #amreading Alec Karakatsanis’ excellent COPAGANDA. #booksky @thenewpress.bsky.social @equalityalec.bsky.social

"A fascinating exploration of the appeal of right-wing populism and fascism." - Read a review of the forthcoming RED PILL POLITICS by David Ost (out in May) in the new issue of Library Journal https://ow.ly/S8If50YEG7E

Happy pub day to: IT'S NOT JUST YOU by Tori Tsui, a powerful journey through eco-anxiety PUSHED TO THE EDGE by Sue Granzella, stories from teachers on the front lines of the culture wars A 30th anniversary edition of Lisa Delpit's groundbreaking OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN https://ow.ly/B8nC50YwyeV

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s radical critiques of Northern racism have largely been erased, allowing his legacy to be weaponized against movements today. Read and share @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social's book, "King of the North" via @thenewpress.bsky.social. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ki...

Baltimore! Next weekend! Come out if you can!

"War Made Invisible" by @normansolomon.bsky.social via @thenewpress.bsky.social opens with an epigraph from Aldous Huxley, written in 1936: “The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” ⬇️🧵 www.zinnedproject.org/materials/wa...

"[An] illuminating anthology of reflections from foreign journalists on U.S. politics." Read a review of the forthcoming HOW WE SEE IT edited by The Dial (out in June) in this week's Publishers Weekly https://ow.ly/ecjH50Yt1Z8

Join @jmhattem.bsky.social @redemmas.org for Climate Book Fest! Storms and Stories, Weather and Wit, The Truth about Temperature!

Happy pub day to: THE KNOW-IT-ALLS by Noam Cohen, a deep-dive on the political rise of Silicon Valley FIFTY YEARS OF TITLE IX by Sherry Boschert, sweeping history of the law that ignited a revolution EQUAL MEANS EQUAL by Jessica Neuwirth, a landmark look at the ERA ow.ly/jhOO50YwvvP

"Historian Richards offers a voluminously researched and meticulously constructed thought exercise on the country’s origins and future." - Read a review of THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF 1776 by Thomas Richards Jr. in Booklist Publications https://ow.ly/SKYR50Yt0HC

"A robust and energizing dissection of a protean foe." - Read a review of of David Ost's forthcoming RED PILL POLITICS (out in May) in this week's Publishers Weekly https://ow.ly/nj6550Yt0FU

You can also watch on YouTube. youtu.be/TSoZ3bpCsDs?...

Fair Game and the Future of Trans Athletes Anna Baeth, Ellie Roscher, and @thechrismosier.bsky.social join to explore myths surrounding trans athletes, the political landscape, and the importance of joy, embodiment, and advocacy in sport. open.spotify.com/episode/7KtN...

"An informative and energetic exploration of cuisine as a cipher for both tradition and change." Read a review of the forthcoming A BITE-SIZED HISTORY OF ITALY by Danielle Callegari (out in June) in this week's Publishers Weekly https://ow.ly/nz2W50Yt0xj