A Break in the Future considers the ways in which belief in political change is maintained after movements fail. Examining political activism in Lebanon in the decade between the Arab and Lebanese uprisings, Fuad Musallam explores the ebb and flow of political engagement in dialogue to better understand how political possibility endures.

Desert Dreams chronicles Mexican American efforts to attain educational equality in Arizona, from its territorial period in the nineteenth century to the post–World War II era. From founding territorial schools to suing to end segregation in education, Mexican Americans engaged in vital political, legal, and educational activism.

Of Light and Struggle uncovers the messy process through which human rights became a powerful discourse for social change, suggesting that discussions occurring around the globe about the small country on the Río de la Plata had international implications for the limits and possibilities of human rights well beyond Uruguay’s shores.

Presenting poignant stories combined with amusing anecdotes and philosophical reflection, Reversing the Rivers is an engaging account of how one human rights activist faced the day-to-day realities of struggling with human rights crises while answering the question, “How do you retain any hope at all in humanity?”