Today, there's a broad understanding that American cities are operating in unsustainable ways. How does this untenable model persist? As author Rahim Kurwa explains, it has to do with offloading crises to cities' peripheries.
Examining the case of Colombia, author Alexander Huezo, discusses the challenges and opportunities of applying a global environmental justice framework outside the U.S. communities where it began.
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are our April 2025 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news!
The pages of UC Press’s journals have examined the War from a myriad of angles, from all sides of the conflict–its global economic and political impact, the role of student activism, memory in small-town America, and more.
Afterimage's new special issue, "Aesthetics of Perplexity," is interested in examining perplexity as an aesthetic category, in which the experience of confusion or bewilderment can be harnessed as an artistic tactic.