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Skip Nav Books Resources About Ideas Menu Subjects Ideas Deaths of despair strike women too Media coverage about the dramatic increases in mortality from drug overdose, alcoholic liver disease, and suicide—the deaths of despair that Anne Case and Angus Deaton write about in their new book—often carry the headlines “white men dying.” But these deaths have been rising in parallel for men and women. Read more New & Noteworthy Steadfast Democrats Ismail K. White and Chryl N. Laird Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism Anne Case and Angus Deaton Lives of Houses Edited by Hermione Lee and Kate Kennedy The World According to Physics Jim Al-Khalili Billionaire Wilderness Justin Farrell Let the People Rule John G. Matsusaka Sick Souls, Healthy Minds John Kaag The Divided States of America Donald F. Kettl Land of Wondrous Cold Gillen D’Arcy Wood Plants That Cure Elizabeth A. Dauncey and Melanie-Jayne R. Howes See All Books The Latest Ideas Books to read during Women’s History Month March 01, 2020 A key component of ’s mission is to increase the representation of women across our publishing disciplines. Throughout Women’s History Month in March, we will be taking time to highlight the books by and about women who have pushed boundaries, affected change, redefined roles, or who have complicated our understanding of what it means to be powerful. Read More The roots of Black political unity February 27, 2020 On December 12, 2017, the state of Alabama held a special general election for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The race, which had Republican Roy Moore running against Democrat Doug Jones, had already captured national attention. Read More The short, sad, and expensive life of mayors on the presidential campaign trail March 06, 2020 Mike Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg each made a big bet on the 2020 presidential campaign. The voters, each believed, thought they could step past partisan bickering to with a pledge to deliver programs that worked better. Who better to do that than a mayor with proven experience? Read More A leadership class from the ancient world March 03, 2020 For the ancient Greeks and Romans, leadership was studied through examples. One of the best books ever written on the subject, Xenophon’s Education of Cyrus, appears to be a biography of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. In fact, it is a manual of statecraft and strategy. Read More Why are Blacks Democrats? February 25, 2020 African Americans are Democrats. Since 1968 no Republican presidential candidate has received more than 13% of the African American vote and surveys of African Americans regularly show that upwards of 80% of African Americans self-identify as Democrats. However, understanding why African Americans are such steadfast supporters of the Democratic Party is not as straightforward as it seems. Read More Women in the gentleman’s career of publishing March 06, 2020 Since March is Women’s History Month in the US, we thought it a great opportunity to take a look back at the story of women in the field of publishing. Stories of female authors are more common (look at the enduring legacy and attraction to the story of Little Women), but lesser known to many of us is how women came to take up roles in a field that was predominantly known as a gentleman’s profession. Read More See All Ideas Notable Authors Humanities Science Social Science Humanities Notable Authors Stephanie Burt Poetry Ai Weiwei Art & Architecture Anni Albers Art & Architecture Harry G. Frankfurt Philosophy Science Notable Authors Jim Al-Khalili Physics Naomi Oreskes History of Science Beth Shapiro Evolutionary Biology David Lindo Nature Social Science Notable Authors Eboo Patel Sociology & Religion Anne Case Economics Angus Deaton Economics Fawaz A. 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