December 19, 2017
Some of the worst mass shooting in US history recently took place, capping off a year with many other mass shootings. With each mass shooting, our news media respond by urgently updating us on the latest tragedy, breathlessly reporting the death toll. But did you see any of the bodies in Las Vegas, Texas, or elsewhere?
November 20, 2017
—Deborah Dash Moore
Deborah Dash Moore tells the New York Jewish story behind the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
November 18, 2017
—Tamara R. Mose
A recent New York Times article asking “Where Are All the Nannies on Instagram?” speaks volumes to how we view the care of our children by those who are not family members.
November 17, 2017
—Derek Black
Reflecting on a mass campus lockdown at a high school in Georgia, Derek Black argues that courts must re-engage on issues of school discipline and the school-to-prison pipeline.
November 16, 2017
Support #TransWeek with some of our best books and most anticipated releases for 2018 that offer radical perspectives and open-ended explorations on issues facing transgender people in the past and present.
November 14, 2017
—Matthew J. Cressler
All too often, in both history and historiography, “racial justice” is presumed to be equivalent to a particular mode of protest from a particular period in time; namely, Christian liberal interracial efforts to end segregation in the South. But when we turn our attention to the decade after King’s death, we find that the assassination of Martin Luther King marked the beginning rather than the end of Black Catholic freedom struggles.
November 7, 2017
—Ralph Young
Ralph Young, the author of Dissent, shares his top picks of biographies about dissenters who challenged the system.
November 6, 2017
Celebrate University Press Week with a selection of books that have added indispensable knowledge to their respective fields.