Category: Current Events
COVID-19, Science, and the Nonreligious
March 23, 2020
Discover how our current COVID-19 crisis is effecting the nonreligious with NYU Press authors Joel Thiessen and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme.
Labor-Value Commodity Chains: The Hidden Abode of Global Production
March 18, 2020
—Intan Suwandi
Read an excerpt from Value Chains: The New Economic Imperialism
Trump, Asylum, and Honduras’s “Narco-State”
March 11, 2020
—David L. Wilson
Truly effective immigration reform is going to be impossible without fundamental changes in this country’s foreign policies.
Still Flooding After All These Years
March 10, 2020
—Christine A. Klein & Sandra B. Zellmer
Even the might of the entire federal government cannot keep us safe unless we stop settling in risky, flood-prone areas.
The Roger Stone Trial Was A Farce
February 21, 2020
—Jeremy Kuzmarov
While Trump’s actions represent an abuse of his office, the Stone case was heavily politicized from the beginning and hence a miscarriage of justice
The Social Life of Vaping
January 31, 2020
—Mimi Nichter
In the past few years, vaping has become entrenched as an established part of the landscape of nicotine delivery devices.
Understanding Immigration: A Reading List
January 17, 2020
—Shoba Sivaprasad Wadhia
For anyone looking to deepen their understanding of immigration or curious about how we got here and possible solutions, the following books deserve a place on your bookshelf.