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Tilting at Windmills and the Rule of Law

—Michael A. Olivas
DACA has been successful and transformational and President Trump’s and AG Jeff Sessions’s indication that they may end or phase out the program throws cold water on the reasonable hopes of DREAMers.
Education

Vaccine Mandates and the Search for Social Justice

—Jennifer Reich
At the beginning of each school year, children around the country will be asked to provide school supplies alongside evidence that they have received all recommended vaccinations against childhood vaccine-preventable diseases. Although these requirements have become increasingly contentious, but were, in fact, created only in the last 35-50 years in an effort to create greater access to care for the most children in need.
Sociology

Making a Global Domestic Workers’ Movement: Myrtle Witbooi

Myrtle Witbooi discusses Domestic Workers of World Unite!: A Global Movement for Dignity and Human Rights, and how it can help you better understand the global, domestic workers movement.
New York

Our City, Our Stories

New York City’s remarkable history, intimate stories, and struggles.
Current Events

Women’s Equality Day Reading List

A comprehensive list of all of our best feminist literature representing women and gender equality. From the Women’s Rights Movement to abortion rights to the early suffragists of New York City, this list covers all aspects of the female fight for equality.

Our City, Our Stories

September 8, 2017 nyupressblog 0

New York City’s remarkable history, intimate stories, and struggles.

The ‘Mere Men’ Who Helped Win the Vote for Women

August 25, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Johanna Neuman
Men did not win the vote for women – female activists did. But perhaps this is how social change is made – a few brave souls standing up for what is right.

The Women Who Won the Vote: Katherine Duer Mackay

August 24, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Johanna Neuman
The second in a series of profiles of New York City’s elite women who helped push women’s suffrage over the finish line.

The Women Who Won the Vote: Louisine Elder Havemeyer

August 23, 2017 nyupressblog 0

—Johanna Neuman
A profile of one of New York City’s elite women who helped push women’s suffrage over the finish line.

Magic in Central Park and Other Amazing Feats

August 1, 2017 nyupressblog 1

—Maureen Meister
The recently rebuilt boat landings on the Lake in Central Park have inspired Meister to analyze how people think about reconstructions. Why are some praiseworthy and others cheesy? Quality and intent both matter. When reconstructions are grounded in a people’s attachment to a special place, such as Central Park, the new work can be splendid and even admirable.

#Read Up and Celebrate NYC Immigrant Heritage Week!

April 21, 2017 nyupressblog 0

This week is NYC Immigrant Heritage Week! Here is a list of good reads that’ll get you appreciating the city, the people, and our history.

NYU Press celebrates 100 years

April 19, 2016 nyupressblog 0

On April 17th, 1916, New York University Press was founded by action of the University Council’s Board of Trustees. An effort initiated by Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown, who stated its purpose to be: “to publish contributions to higher learning by eminent scholars”.

James Connolly, New York and the Easter Rising

March 28, 2016 nyupressblog 0

—Paul Moses
One of the many pleasures of researching a history of New York’s Irish and Italians was encountering the revolutionary heroes from both homelands who occasionally crossed the city’s stage. Among the most memorable of the Irish visitors is the socialist James Connolly, who is being remembered this weekend as the centennial of the 1916 Easter Rising is marked.

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