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Vietnam’s Sound Pandemic Response
Mar 11 2026
Author Christina Schwenkel on the link between disaster management and regional culture through case studies in Hanoi, Vietnam.
How We Fight Back Against the Housing Crisis and Rising Technofascism
Mar 11 2026
Author Manissa Maharawal on the twin crises of housing and the destructive tech industry, and how everyday citizens are organizing to take back control.
What Food Justice Gets Wrong and How to Build a Better Movement
Feb 03 2026
Author Hanna Garth set out to document a radical, grassroots movement of residents fighting for food justice — but encountered a very different reality.
Q&A with Samuel Shearer, author of "Kigali"
Nov 20 2025
Author and first-gen scholar Samuel Shearer discusses his book, "Kigali," an ethnography exploring the politics of urban design, displacement, and the dual crises of capitalism and ecology in Kigali, Rwanda.
How should babies be born? The question contains worlds.
Nov 15 2025
What do doula-supported births reveal about American cultural values?
Knowing Through Atmospheres
Nov 04 2025
Authors Birgit Abels and Patrick Eisenlohr ask how can being affected by an atmosphere produce knowledge?
Salvaging Indonesian Music from Missionary Archives
Oct 30 2025
Editors Anna Maria Busse Berger and Henry Spiller explain what we can learn about Indonesian music from missionary archives.
A Tomato-y Egyptian Lentil Soup for Cooler Days
Oct 28 2025
Author Anny Gaul shares a cozy recipe for fall soup season that highlights the key themes in her book, "Nile Nightshade."
Ieva Jusionyte Named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow
Oct 08 2025
UC Press is thrilled to share that UC Press author Ieva Jusionyte has been named a 2025 MacArthur Fellow.
How Immigrant Workers Hold Up the Food System
Sep 23 2025
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.