UC Press Blog

How to fight for queer justice in a time of continued criminalization and targeted attacks on queer communities.

Authors Kathryn Henne and Matt Ventresca explain the larger story of inequality behind today's concussion crisis—and why many more people experience brain injury without the same attention afforded athletes.

Authors Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern and Teresa Mares on why there can be no quality or sustainable food for consumers if frontline immigrant workers are not treated with dignity and justice.

Author Olivier Alexandre on writing “a slow study of a fast-moving industry” and the future of Silicon Valley.

Twenty-two years ago, author James Ron published a book that predicted much of what we see today in Gaza. He reflects on what the book got right and wrong, in the wake of current events.

Marlene Fried and Loretta Ross on writing a history of abortion politics through a reproductive justice framework.

Author Carol Mason giving historical contexts for today's political rhetoric

Author Isak Ladegaard on how large, shadowy groups undermine state control and present new capacities for collective action.

Author John Chalcraft discusses a new theory of popular mobilization, helping us to fight for an alternative to the multiple crises of the present—from authoritarianism to genocide.

The elusive promise of interracial solidarity is an age-old question, one made all the more urgent in the current political climate. Can Black and white workers stick together against their bosses?