August 25, 2009
Read the article here. View the audio slideshow here. The Grand Concourse, the four-and-a-half-mile boulevard that for much of its life was described as the Champs-Élysées of the Bronx, has… READ MORE
August 24, 2009
Emily Rosenbaum, author of The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York’s Housing Market, answered readers’ questions all last week at nytimes.com: Q: Your book suggests that… READ MORE
August 20, 2009
The following is an excerpt from When Gay People Get Married: What Happens When Societies Legalize Same-Sex Marriage by M. V. Lee Badgett, posted at Alternet. Dutch winters are notorious… READ MORE
August 19, 2009
New York University Press is proud to announce a new book series that addresses one of the major political and legal issues of the day: immigration. Citizenship and Migration in… READ MORE
August 18, 2009
The Wall Street Journal just posted a glowing review of Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by Constance Rosenblum. It was… READ MORE
August 17, 2009
From Jarret S. Lovell’s superb companion blog to his book, Crimes of Dissent: Civil Disobedience, Criminal Justice, and the Politics of Conscience. By now we’ve all seen the footage: Angry… READ MORE
August 14, 2009
This post is from Alexandra Natapoff’s new blog, snitching.org, based on her forthcoming book, Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice I recommend this recent feature article in… READ MORE
August 13, 2009
Check out SLAM Magazine’s excellent review of Living Through the Hoop: High School Basketball, Race, and the American Dream by Reuben A. Buford May. For many black teenagers, the perception… READ MORE