Writers, activists, and scholars reflect on the most urgent books of 2025—from Palestine and caste to climate, queerness, and resistance. Read their picks.

It was in Rome, towards the end of the eighteenth century, one fine evening in May. A child of the poor gathered his companions around him and led them to a statue of Mary, before which a lamp was ...

Elizabeth May is currently the Leader of the Green Party of Canada, and is the Member of Parliament representing the southern Vancouver Island riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands on the territory of the ...