Protecting the Mental Health of Prisoners
The treatment of prisoners continues to be at the forefront of global discussions on human rights. August 10th is Prisoner’s Justice Day, a day of observance that began in 1975 after Edward …
Read More >The treatment of prisoners continues to be at the forefront of global discussions on human rights. August 10th is Prisoner’s Justice Day, a day of observance that began in 1975 after Edward …
Read More >This guest post is published as part of a series related to the American Sociological Association conference, which occurred from August 12 – 15 in Montreal, Quebec. #ASA17 By Cynthia Enloe, author of The Big Push: …
Read More >By Scott Kurashige, author of The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit This guest post is part of a blog series of contributions by authors in American Studies Now, an e-book first series of …
Read More >By Jack Halberstam, author of Trans*: A Quick and Quirky Account of Gender Variability This guest post is part of a blog series of contributions by authors in American Studies Now, a series of short, timely books …
Read More >Detroit has stood at the center of a growing crisis in the United States tied to racial conflict, the collapse of the middle class, and political polarization. No city, argues historian Scott …
Read More >On July 18th at 12 PM, meet author Ulf Olsson and series editor Nicholas Meriwether in San Francisco at the California Historical Society for a lunchtime conversation on Listening for the Secret: The Grateful Dead and …
Read More >UC Press is proud to announce that San Francisco’s 13th Annual One City One Book selection is Black against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party by Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin …
Read More >By Ruth Braunstein, author of Prophets and Patriots: Faith in Democracy across the Political Divide The ascendance of Donald Trump to the presidency, and the groundswell of resistance that followed, revealed a …
Read More >As part of our “Tools of the Trade” blog series, we’re highlighting resources for social science scholars and educators to aid in your research, writing, and prep work this summer. Look no further for a refresher …
Read More >adapted from Wide Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965 by Nan Alamilla Boyd Each year at the end of June, San Francisco fills with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and …
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