On June 4, Sophie Erskine of 3:AM Magazine interviewed Amiri Baraka about music, politics, the origins of his name, and controversial comments he has made in the past. Baraka is known as …
The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services announced that David Blumenthal will join the Obama Administration as the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. As part of the American Recovery and …
On April 30th, Brittany Shoot of Religion Dispatches, interviewed Eileen Luhr, author of Witnessing Suburbia: Conservatives and Christian Youth Culture (UC Press, January 2009). Below, are a couple of questions Luhr answered. …
Years ago, historian Ron Soodalter came across an account of slavery in modern-day America. Digging further, he learned the disturbing truth: slavery is thriving all over the world, including the United …
Ron Soodalter is a historian, folklorist, and lecturer. He is also the author of Hanging Captain Gordon: The Life and Trial of an American Slave Trader, and has written articles on the …
We are pleased to announce that Episode 16 of the UC Press podcast series is now available. In this episode, Chris Gondek of Heron and Crane Productions interviews Kevin Bales and Ron …
Peter Jan Honigsberg is Professor of Law at the University of San Francisco School of Law. He is the author of Crossing Border Street: A Civil Rights Memoir (UC Press, June 2000), …
Matt Tomlinson is Lecturer in Anthropology at Monash University in Australia and co-editor of The Limits of Meaning: Case Studies in the Anthropology of Christianity. Tomlinson’s latest book, In God’s Image: The …
Harald Thorsrud is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Agnes Scott College and the author of Cicero’s Ethics. He is also the author of Ancient Scepticism, which was published by UC Press in …
The Nation‘s blog The Beat listed Peter Linebaugh’s The Magna Carta Manifesto as one of it’s 2008 Most Valuable Progressives (MVPs), calling it “the year’s most lyrical and necessary book on liberty”. …