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This week, President Biden signed a bill to make Juneteenth an official federal holiday. The date commemorates the anniversary of Union army general Gordon Granger's arrival in Texas to proclaim the end of slavery of the Civil War - over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. Known also as E

As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Executive Editor Maura Roessner to talk about her Criminology, Law, and Society program, and how she spots the right projects and authors. Maura also shares details about how she became an editor and advice for authors who wa

Broadcasting long form interviews since 1996, Chicago-based This Is Hell! regularly produces "in-depth conversations about the forces that drive politics, and gallows humor about a world with more questions than answers."With a common interest in progressive ideals, social discourse, and societa

By Andrea S. Boyles, author of You Can't Stop the Revolution: Community Disorder and Social Ties in Post-Ferguson AmericaThis guest post is part of our ASA blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York City, NY, August 10-13. #ASA19