Blog / Book Giveaways

American Rascal: How Jay Gould Built Wall Street's Biggest Fortune

By Porchlight

The gripping biography of Jay Gould, the greatest 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial reforms.

Blog / Editor's Choice

Raising Lazarus: Hope, Justice, and the Future of America's Overdose Crisis

Book Review by Dylan Schleicher

The pain and suffering caused by the opioid epidemic has been profound. Beth Macy does not keep any of it at arm’s length. Her empathy is deep, her feelings raw, her anger righteous, and her reportage in-depth and personal.

Blog / ChangeThis

The Power of Stories in Organizations

By Edward J Hoffman, Matthew Kohut, Laurence Prusak

The boom in storytelling through popular formats such as TED Talks and The Moth has spread to the business world as well. If nothing else, this trend serves as a clear indication of the growing acceptance of personal stories in professional settings.

Blog / Interviews

Tania Katan in conversation with Gabriella Cisneros

By Tania Katan, Gabbi Cisneros

We invite our reading community to come along as we take a deeper look at Creative Trespassing: How to Put the Spark and Joy Back into Your Work and Life and learn more about author Tania Katan through this live-streamed interview.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | August 23, 2022

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

The Other: How to Own Your Power at Work as a Woman of Color

By Porchlight

A framework for how to effectively advocate for yourself, become your biggest believer, claim the spaces in your career that are rightfully yours, and create your own vision of success.

Blog / Staff Picks

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls

Book Review by Jasmine Gonzalez

Kathleen Hale’s comprehensive narrative of the Slenderman stabbing case is a cautionary tale for us all, illustrating how denying the existence of a problem doesn’t make it go away—it only shifts the burden of who must deal with it, often to vulnerable people without the full capacity to handle it.

Blog / ChangeThis

The Lantern’s Light: Challenging the Darkness with Small Acts of Kindness

By Simran Jeet Singh

With each selfless act, we become slightly less selfish; with each loving action, we become slightly more loving. On their own, single acts might seem random, but taken together, they bring light into our world and into each of us.

Blog / New Releases

Books to Watch | August 16, 2022

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

Longpath: Becoming the Great Ancestors Our Future Needs—An Antidote for Short-Termism

By Porchlight

A manifesto for transforming our thinking from reactionary short-termism to the long-term, widening our scope beyond today, tomorrow, even five years from now to gain perspective, become more creative, and reclaim meaning in our lives.