December 16, 2011
—Thomas Cushman On one cold afternoon in Washington, DC some years ago, in the heat of the political and cultural struggles over the events following 9/11 and the beginning of… READ MORE
December 15, 2011
We’d like to congratulate Darieck Scott, author of Extravagant Abjection: Blackness, Power, and Sexuality in the African American Literary Imagination, for winning this year’s ALAN BRAY MEMORIAL BOOK AWARD! The award is given to… READ MORE
December 13, 2011
The season finale of “Dancing with the Stars” — the hit TV show that pairs professional dancers with celebrities in a dance competition — drew close to 20 million viewers,… READ MORE
December 9, 2011
Earlier this week, Salon spoke with Ron Weitzer, author of Legalizing Prostitution, about the harm done by criminalization of the trade, the benefits of indoor sex work vs. street prostitution, and… READ MORE
November 30, 2011
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences has chosen After the Crime: The Power of Restorative Justice Dialogues between Victims and Violent Offenders, by Susan L. Miller as the winner of their 2012… READ MORE
November 29, 2011
More New York Stories The Best of the City Section of the New York Times Constance Rosenblum, ed. $18.95 | $13.26 Tales for Little Rebels A Collection of Radical Children’s… READ MORE
November 22, 2011
At last week’s debate, Republican presidential candidates Herman Cain and Michele Bachmann defended waterboarding. Cain said, “I don’t see it as torture. I see it as an enhanced interrogation technique,”… READ MORE
November 16, 2011
An estimated 10,000 undocumented youth graduate from city high schools in New York each year. Access to funding for university-level education, however, is a challenge. Currently, those who qualify for… READ MORE