Follow @MHarrisPerry Follow @MHPShow “Citizenship is more than an individual exchange of freedoms for rights,” writes Melissa V. Harris-Perry, professor, writer and television host, in Sister Citizen. “It is also membership in a body politic, a nation, and a community.” In Sister Citizen, now available in paperback, Harris-Perry looks at what it means for black […]
Read an excerpt from Democracy in Retreat on TheAtlantic.com! Citizens and leaders of the United States tend to take their democracy for granted. At first China, South Korea, Taiwan, Russia, and more were considered to exceptions – nations moving against the powerful solution of democracy. They accounted for a small but worrisome portion of the world population. […]
It seems that Americans are constantly lamenting the power of the Internet, worrying that it has completely taken over the United States’ economy, markets, and psyche. They embrace the idea of disconnecting and getting outdoors, away from the screens and keyboards. This mentality stems from the luxury of access: Americans take for granted that they […]
Follow @ProfPJM The Ides of March commemorates one of history’s most famous mutinies: the murder of Julius Caesar at the Roman Senate in 44 B.C. Turning against established leadership is thoroughly covered in Mutiny and Its Bounty: Leadership Lessons from the Age of Discovery, in which authors Patrick J. Murphy and Ray W. Coye explore how great […]
Recently, Jess Bravin appeared on “Democracy Now” to discuss his new book, The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay. He spoke on the government’s military commissions at Guantanamo Bay and the legal implications of these actions. Describing his reporting for the The Wall Street Journal, Bravin said: I got wind of work in the Bush […]
Time for another month-long update on Yale University Press’s latest books covering the vast world of domestic and global politics and current events! Beginning with Jess Bravin‘s The Terror Courts: Rough Justice at Guantanamo Bay, the topic of prisoner treatment takes center-stage, and Bravin, a Wall Street Journal Supreme Court correspondent who has covered the Guantanamo Bay prison camp […]
It would hardly be an understatement to say that environmental advocate Gus Speth has seen it all. An “ultimate insider,” according to TIME, he’s worked for two presidential administrations and the United Nations, founded two environmental organizations, served as an academic dean at an Ivy League institution, and currently teaches environmental law. But what he’s […]
Follow @yaleSCIbooks For nearly two decades Donna Hicks, Ph.D. has been in the field of international conflict resolution facilitating dialogue between communities in conflict in the Middle East, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Cuba, and Northern Ireland. She was a consultant to the BBC where she co-facilitated a television series, Facing the Truth, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, which aired […]
The Texas Freedom Network, a watchdog group that monitors religious freedom and public education, commissioned Mark Chancey, an associate professor of religious studies at Southern Methodist University, to produce a report on the implementation of a 2007 that required school districts to incorporate the study of the Bible’s influence on history and literature into their […]
Listen to an interview with Trita Parsi on Obama’s Diplomacy with Iran on the Yale Press Podcast! The New York Times said it was perhaps the largest inaugural crowd ever, at least the largest in decades. Four years ago at President Barack Obama’s first inauguration, the full length of the National Mall for the first […]
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