The Illegal(?) Assassination of Osama Bin Laden
May 19, 2011
Op-ed by Marjorie Cohn, editor of The United States and Torture. When he announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by a Navy Seal team in Pakistan, President Barack… READ MORE
Month: May 2011
An Elective in Constitutional Law
May 18, 2011
Commencement ceremonies are taking place at colleges throughout the country this month, and few students realize that they’ve all graduated with an extra elective: Constitutional Law. In his new book,… READ MORE
Three polyamorous brothers-in-law
May 10, 2011
A short excerpt from Judith Stacey’s Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China, detailing one of the dozens of committed relationships she found outside the… READ MORE
Amy Farrell Compliments Stephen Colbert’s Inner Fat Person
May 5, 2011
Amy Farrell, author of our new book Fat Shame, tells Stephen Colbert why his inner fat person feels so bad about himself. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm /… READ MORE
NYU Press Author Nancy Foner Named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
May 4, 2011
Distinguished Professor Nancy Foner Named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor Nancy Foner Named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology… READ MORE
Guantanamo: The Reevaluation Begins Again
May 2, 2011
With some rough indications that intelligence from Guantanamo and the associated network of extra-legal prisons contributed to the assassination of Osama Bin Laden, our nation is once again faced with… READ MORE