11/08/2013
Here are the latest arrivals in the Penn Press warehouse. These books are available for purchase now at www.pennpress.org. Look for them at your favorite bookseller. Cutting Along the Color… READ MORE
11/01/2013
Booker’s concurrent troubles in leading Newark and success as a political celebrity demonstrate how the rise of elite black figures in America is not the culmination of the fight for racial equality, as the story is often told, but is rather the consummation of an elite white strategy begun in the late 1960s to bring exceptional African Americans into the highest echelons of American culture and society with few benefits for those left behind.
10/22/2013
"Is 'race neutrality' merely a rationalization for whites to use in protecting their share of the pie, or is there a genuine concern for the fairness of the process? If… READ MORE
10/21/2013
Wellesley College historian Lidwien Kapteijns spoke with New Books in Human Rights about her recent book, Clan Cleansing in Somalia: The Ruinous Legacy of 1991. The book examines the bloodshed… READ MORE
10/18/2013
Here are the latest arrivals in the Penn Press warehouse. These books are available for purchase now at www.pennpress.org. Look for them at your favorite bookseller. Nothing Natural Is Shameful:… READ MORE
10/11/2013
“I think it’s important for people to understand how human rights relate to them,” said Carrie Booth Walling in an interview for the Flint, Michigan television news program First at… READ MORE
09/26/2013
This morning economist Andrew Zimbalist, coauthor of the forthcoming The Sabermetric Revolution: Assessing the Growth of Analytics in Baseball, talked about the use and misuse of data in professional sports… READ MORE
09/13/2013
The staff at Penn Press cannot confirm or deny that both of his shoes are phones, but we're pleased to say that Philip Mudd, author of Takedown: Inside the Hunt… READ MORE
09/12/2013
"As a medieval historian, I’m struck by how similar the arguments being levied by U.S. politicians to argue for an assault on the Syrian government are to the arguments Pope… READ MORE
09/10/2013
"The problem with the current U.S. debate about potential military strikes against Syria is that the focus seems to be on punishing Assad, signaling Iran, or bolstering U.S. credibility. Instead,… READ MORE
