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"A thought-provoking and important analysis of oppression" (Library Journal) , Nobody is a powerful and eye-opening examination of the deeper meaning behind the string of deaths of unarmed citizens like Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray - "a worthy and necessary addition to the contemporary canon of civil rights literature" (New York Times) .Unarmed citizens shot by police. Drinking water turned to poison. Mass incarcerations. We've heard the stories. Now a leading public intellectual and acclaimed journalist offers a powerful, paradigm-shifting analysis of America's current state of emergency, finding in these events a larger and more troubling truth about race, class, and what it means to be "Nobody." Marc Lamont Hill presents a powerful and thought-provoking analysis of race and class by examining a growing crisis in America: the existence of a group of citizens who are made vulnerable, exploitable and disposable through the machinery of unregulated capitalism, public policy, and social practice.