Blog / ChangeThis

The Wisdom of Slowing Down

By Robert I Sutton, Huggy Rao

Leaders often prioritize eliminating friction, but it's essential to slow down when necessary, according to Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao.

Blog / News & Opinion

We (need to) believe in books.

By Porchlight

Porchlight Book Company employees and authors of the best business books of 2023 state why books are important—for ourselves and for the world.

Blog / New Releases

January 30, 2024

By Porchlight

Blog / Book Giveaways

Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—And How You Can, Too

By Porchlight

From the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre , an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.

Blog / News & Opinion

The 2023 Porchlight Business Book Awards | Big Ideas & New Perspectives

By Jasmine Gonzalez

These are the books selected for the 2023 Big Ideas & New Perspectives category, curated by Porchlight's Managing Editor Jasmine Gonzalez.

Blog / Excerpts

Transformative Negotiation | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category

By Sarah Federman

A contemporary and inclusive how-to guide to everyday negotiation that centers social justice and equity.

Blog / Excerpts

Flawless | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category

By Elise Hu

A cutting-edge journalistic exposé of self-care consumerism, using the extreme case South Korea to both celebrate the astounding growth of K-Beauty and South Korean pop culture as a global export and examine the dark implications for women in a looks-obsessed patriarchy, in a debut that asks the question: What is the future of beauty?

Blog / Excerpts

The Measure of Our Age | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category

By M T Connolly

An elder justice expert uncovers the failures in the systems that are supposed to protect us as we age, and provides a battle plan for families and policy-makers to counter the greed and incompetence.

Blog / Excerpts

Building a Pro-Black World | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category

By Cyndi Suarez

Learn to create a nonprofit organization and society in which Black people can thrive.

Blog / Excerpts

Birth | An Excerpt from the Big Ideas & New Perspectives Category

By Rebecca Grant

A gripping blend of rigorous, intimate on-the-ground reporting and deep social history of reproductive health that follows three first-time mothers as they experience pregnancy and childbirth in today’s America.