Who’s Reading Beat Cop to Top Cop, and What Does a Top Cop Read?
03/29/2010
"Believe me, people who read Timoney’s book have a treat on their hands," says Tom Wolfe in the foreword to the forthcoming Beat Cop to Top Cop: A Tale of… READ MORE
Category: Current Affairs
A Big Wednesday on Campus: Penn Press author Panels on Poverty and Human Rights
03/16/2010
Tomorrow two major author events will take place on the University of Pennsylvania Campus. The first deals with human rights in the United States. The second addresses America's urban poverty…. READ MORE
Matthew Dennis on a New American Indian / NY Gov’t Tobacco Controversy
03/15/2010
In an essay for History News Network, historian Matthew Dennis weighs in on the controversial mail-order tobacco business run by the Seneca Nation of Indians of western New York. “Indians… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–George Cotkin on Morality’s Muddy Waters
03/03/2010
In the March podcast, noted cultural historian George Cotkin plumbs the depths of some of America's greatest ethical challenges of the past century–including the My Lai massacre, the debate over… READ MORE
A New Penn Press Podcast–Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy
02/08/2010
Listen to the latest Penn Press podcast to hear David Zaring of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania discuss Import Safety: Regulatory Governance in the Global Economy. Zaring… READ MORE
Al Qaeda and ‘Lone Wolves’: A PBS Newshour Interview with Counterterrorism Expert Marc Sageman
02/02/2010
Yesterday, counterterrorism expert Marc Sageman appeared in a PBS Newshour interview with Margaret Warner. You can watch the interview here in its entirety. Marc Sageman is the author of Leaderless… READ MORE
NYT Interviews Seeman on African Burial Ground Controversy
01/27/2010
In the early 1990's, the coffin of a colonial-era African was unearthed in lower Manhattan in a place now the National Park Service African Burial Ground. The coffin was decorated… READ MORE
Books for Excellence in Service
01/15/2010
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. As the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday approaches… READ MORE
Chertoff and Sageman on the Latest Terror Threats
01/05/2010
As if the Fort Hood shootings weren't enough, the failed Christmas Day airline bombing attempt here in the U. S. and recent deadly terrorist attacks abroad have renewed the focus… READ MORE
Brenda Shaffer on the Trouble with Fossil Fuel Subsidies
12/11/2009
"World leaders at the Copenhagen climate summit should recognize that most nations still subsidize consumption of fossil fuels. Removal of these subsidies can be one of the most effective tools… READ MORE