• Bestseller

    Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL

    Featuring sportswriter Dave Zirin

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    The Cure for Hate

    "This powerful documentary points insistently towards our own present, with the rapid rise of the extreme right in the US and Europe raising the specter of history repeating itself. Tony McAleer’s warning is also a call for compassion — and a cry for all of us to recognize the urgency of the terrible danger posed by antisemitism, Islamophobia, and racial hate around the world."— Melani McAlister, Professor | American Studies and International Affairs, George Washington University

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    Hazing: A Byron Hurt Film

    It’s our silence that is an act of betrayal

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    The Man Card: 50 Years of Gender, Power & the American Presidency

    This new, fully revised update of our 2020 film The Man Card arrives just in time to make sense of the explosive gender politics shaping the 2024 presidential contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. The Man Card: 50 Years of Gender, Power & the American Presidency takes account of Harris’s unexpected entry into the race and explores the deeply gendered cultural and political forces she’s up against.

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    Beyond the Straight and Narrow

    Queer and Trans Television in the Age of Streaming

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    The Invisible Doctrine

    The Secret History of Neoliberalism (& How It Came to Control Your Life)

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    Tough Guise 2: Violence, Manhood & American Culture

    Featuring anti-violence educator and cultural theorist Jackson Katz

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    Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women

    The newest edition of Jean Kilbourne's influential and award-winning Killing Us Softly series

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