By Michela Soyer, author of A Dream Denied: Incarceration, Recidivism, and Young Minority Men in America When Bill Clinton signed the federal “Three Strikes Bill” in 1994, most of the teenagers I interviewed …
Read More >Rashida K. Braggs, author of the new book Jazz Diasporas: Race, Music and Migration in Post-World War II Paris encourages us to seek out multiple art forms when celebrating the marvelous music of …
Read More >by Gabriel Thompson, author of America’s Social Arsonist This guest post is cross-posted with The Nation. View the article on The Nation’s website here. There was no shortage of dramatic moments in the life of …
Read More >By Joel M. Caplan and Leslie W. Kennedy, authors of Risk Terrain Modeling This blog post is reposted courtesy of the authors and in conjunction with the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference and American Association of …
Read More >By Erica Kohl-Arenas, author of The Self-Help Myth: How Philanthropy Fails to Alleviate Poverty This guest post is published in conjunction with the American Association of Geographers conference and in advance of Cesar Chavez Day. While conducting …
Read More >Immigration has been a key issue in the 2016 presidential elections. In Making Los Angeles Home: The Integration of Mexican Immigrants in the United States authors Rafael Alarcon, Luis Escala, and Olga Odgers shed …
Read More >Do you remember dressing up in your Easter best as a child? The tradition of buying new clothes for the occasion is one that has continued for decades in America, and perhaps centuries in …
Read More >Visionary artist Howard Finster, the “Southern Andy Warhol,” was born 100 years ago this year. A modern-day Noah who saw his art as a religious crusade to save the world before it …
Read More >In recognition of International Women’s Day, we share just a small sample of our women authors’ work and how they have helped to make our world a better place through their scholarship. Tessa G. Diphoorn, author of Twilight …
Read More >By Tyina Steptoe, author of Houston Bound Beyoncé is a black woman. This isn’t exactly earth-shattering news; after all, the 34-year-old, Houston-born entertainer has one of the most recognizable faces in the world. …
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