April 4, 2012
Leigh Goodmark, author of A Troubled Marriage: Domestic Violence and the Legal System, appeared on the NPR program, Midday with Dan Rodricks, last week to discuss the stalled re-authorization of the Violence… READ MORE
March 30, 2012
Trayvon Martin’s death is a tragedy. Much has been and will be written on Trayvon Martin’s homicide, race and racism, law enforcement, and what constitutes justifiable homicide. At the center… READ MORE
March 28, 2012
Judith Stacey, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and Sociology at New York University and author of Unhitched: Love, Marriage, and Family Values from West Hollywood to Western China, has won… READ MORE
March 22, 2012
—Kidada E. Williams Many Americans cannot understand why so many African Americans and their allies have rallied around the family of Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old killed by a white Hispanic… READ MORE
March 21, 2012
Bullying is a hot topic at the moment, appearing in the news media almost daily. Recent tragedies, such as the Ohio school shooting and the Tyler Clementi case, have shone… READ MORE
March 19, 2012
Last Thursday, we had a very successful book party at the NYU Press office, featuring Jessie Klein, author of The Bully Society: School Shootings and the Crisis of Bullying in… READ MORE
March 16, 2012
Marjorie Cohn, editor of The United States and Torture, speaks to Mark Karlin of Truthout about America’s long relationship with interrogation and torture. [This interview originally appeared in Truthout. You can read it… READ MORE
March 14, 2012
Name and role at the Press: Ethan Ampel, Marketing/Publicity Assistant Book selection, and why: Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible I was raised in a family that practiced what could… READ MORE