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Race & Culture

Last Updated: June 16, 2025

The Black Utopians: Searching for Paradise and the Promised Land in America by Aaron Robertson

A memoiristic history of Black utopian movements in the United States.

Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People by Imani Perry

A surprising and beautiful meditation on the color blue – and its fascinating role in Black history and culture – from National Book Award winner Imani Perry.

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza is a provocative and fearless argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could write: a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral nuance, and a clear vision for the future.

Voice for the Voiceless by Dalai Lama

In this unique book offering personal, spiritual, and historical reflections–some never shared before–His Holiness the Dalai Lama tells the full story of his struggle with China to save Tibet and its people for nearly seventy-five years.

Antisemitism in America: A Warning by Chuck Schumer

Antisemitism in America: A Warning
by Senator Chuck Schumer

In an urgent and personal new book, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer sheds light on the Jewish American experience and sounds the alarm about the troubling resurgence of antisemitism. By placing antisemitism in its proper historical context, and drawing from Senator Schumer’s own life, the book informs Americans’ understanding of the causes of the recent swell of antisemitic rhetoric and violence in our country. In very personal terms, it will engage with debates over the purposeand meaning of Israel, and help draw a line between legitimate criticism of its government and when criticism of Israel as a Jewish homeland verges into antisemitism.