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06/09/2024

"Talking to participants, wary residents and government officials, Hochschild reveals a swirl of anxieties and resentments that have burst onto the national stage."-Arlie Hochschild's STOLEN PRIDE is featured on the The New York Times' list of recommended September reads!

New novels by Sally Rooney and Richard Powers, a memoir by the first Black woman on the Supreme Court — and more.

04/09/2024

Raj Jayadev was featured on New Books Network to discuss PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE and the potential of participatory defense as a way for communities and families to challenge mass incarceration https://ow.ly/zuuS50TbFPu

02/09/2024

Norman Solomon, author of WAR MADE INVISIBLE, discusses how Kamala Harris' stance on The Gaza War could affect her presidential campaign. https://ow.ly/Apmx50TbFKv

01/09/2024

The New York Times Books includes STOLEN PRIDE by "author and renowned sociologist" Arlie Russell Hochschild on their list of recommended books coming out in September. In STOLEN PRIDE, "Hochschild reveals a swirl of anxieties and resentments that have burst onto the national stage."

New novels by Sally Rooney and Richard Powers, a memoir by the first Black woman on the Supreme Court — and more.

01/09/2024

The Wall Street Journal recommends A PLAUSIBLE MAN by Susanna Ashton on their list of their best reviewed books of August, calling the book "a remarkable piece of historical sleuthing" and "a riveting read." https://ow.ly/ALTr50TbFSt

30/08/2024

"In recent years, there’s been an alarming rise in book banning, curriculum censorship, and disinformation about what’s being taught in our public schools. What’s going on? In THE EDUCATION WARS, journalist Jennifer C. Berkshire and professor Jack Schneider explore the extremist forces trying to divide families and educators."— on THE EDUCATION WARS!

In recent years, there’s been an alarming rise in book banning, curriculum censorship, and disinformation about what’s being taught in our public schools. What’s going on? In The Education Wars, journalist Jennifer C. Berkshire and professor Jack Schneider explore the extremist forces trying t...

27/08/2024

"While Trump’s tax cuts benefited the rich, they helped few Kentucky workers pay for groceries. Still, many rural and small-town Christians who feel forgotten and invisible believe that Trump recognizes them."-Arlie Hochschild, author of STOLEN PRIDE, in the Wall Street Journal!

In the country’s second-poorest congressional district, white working-class voters wonder if either party can solve their problems.

25/08/2024

"'A Plausible Man' is a remarkable piece of historical sleuthing and often a riveting read."—The Wall Street Journal on 'expert' Susanna Ashton's A PLAUSIBLE MAN!

On his flight to freedom, a man born in bo***ge was sheltered for a night by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Her famous novel appeared two years later.

24/08/2024

This September we will publish STOLEN PRIDE by National Book Award finalist and bestselling author Arlie Russell Hochschild. Her first book since the widely acclaimed STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND.

For all the attempts to understand the state of American politics and the blue/red divide, we’ve ignored what economic and cultural loss can do to pride. In STOLEN PRIDE Hochschild ventures to Appalachia to uncover the “pride paradox” that has given the right’s appeals such resonance. What happens, she asks, when a proud people in a hard-hit region suffer the deep loss of pride and are confronted with a powerful political appeal that makes it feel “stolen”? With STOLEN PRIDE Hochschild offers a “piercing . . . impressive and nuanced assessment of a critical factor in American politics” (Publishers Weekly, starred review 🌟).

Join us this fall for conversations about STOLEN PRIDE and the state of American politics.

21/08/2024

“Let us fight for the ideals we hold dear and let us always remember, when we fight we win!” presidential nominee Kamala Harris said in the opening night of the Democratic National Convention.
Progressives know this. Social movements have transformed our communities and our country. by and offers lessons and tips for activists on organizing for transformative social change, sharing real stories of hard-fought battles, philosophy, tactics, and more from the activists and artists leading the way.

15/08/2024

Listen to Raj Jayadev (of SV De-Bug) on KPFA Radio's Law and Disorder talk about participatory defense, a community organizing model that helps the outcome of criminal cases, and other themes of his new book, PROTECT YOUR PEOPLE.

The courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affecte...

12/08/2024

Anne Kim, lawyer and author of POVERTY FOR PROFIT, joined WYPR's Midday to discuss the Presidential Transition Project "Project 2025" and the impact it will have on lower economic and poor families.

Tom speaks with author and writer Anne Kim about Project 2025 and how the proposals would disproportionately impact lower income families and the poor.

07/08/2024

Arlie Hochschild, author of the forthcoming STOLEN PRIDE, talks about what motivates Trump voters in the Wall Street Journal: "Trump offers language and rituals that turn shame outward into blame—of immigrants, the press, the federal government and other enemies."

In the country’s second-poorest congressional district, white working-class voters wonder if either party can solve their problems.

03/08/2024

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and Jennifer Mueller discuss "the current dangers facing the American judiciary" in this excerpt of their book, THE SCHEME, now up on Lithub!

If you want the power to impose unpopular ideas on an unwilling public, courts make an alluring target. After all, federal courts have power. They decide how and when laws should be applied. They d…

01/08/2024

Participatory defense gives families and communities an opportunity to protect their own in courtroom spaces that have long robbed them of power.

31/07/2024

". . . the process continues, with government programs benefiting the people who need government help the least. Transparency is the first big step, and in exposing the inner workings of these private industries profiting from public money, Kim’s book is an important move toward reform."—Washington Monthly reviews Anne Kim's POVERTY FOR PROFIT.

Government’s decades-old experiment in letting corporations deliver social services has been a disaster—for taxpayers and the poor.

29/07/2024

After encountering a mysterious painting of amputation, legal scholar and former Nation magazine columnist Patricia J. Williams found herself thinking about severed legs, personal freedom, contracts, and the law.

Read an excerpt from her new book, THE MIRACLE OF THE BLACK LEG, in The New York Review of Books https://ow.ly/TfIW50SFGS7

24/07/2024

"The most striking fact about the US policy toward Cuba has been the astonishing frenzy and hysteria." - Read an excerpt from Noam Chomsky and Vijay Prashad's new book, ON CUBA, in ColdType https://ow.ly/pgmK50SFrAx

22/07/2024

“Kim shows how predatory capitalism is preying on under-resourced black and brown communities and documents its real human cost."

Read an interview with Anne Kim about her new book POVERTY FOR PROFIT in Salon

"Though Trumpism is ten times more terrifying than Reaganism, they share the same DNA"

19/07/2024

Arlie Russell Hochschild, author of STRANGERS IN THEIR OWN LAND (and the forthcoming STOLEN PRIDE), joined Democracy Now! to discuss J.D. Vance as Trump's pick for vice president and Appalachia’s shift to the right.

As Donald Trump selected Ohio Senator J.D. Vance to be his vice-presidential candidate Monday, we look at the record of the 39-year-old political rookie, who rose to fame after writing the memoir Hillbilly Elegy and who once compared Trump to Hi**er and called him unfit for the presidency. He was el...

18/07/2024

Read this review in Jacobin of THE EDUCATION WARS by Jennifer C. Berkshire and Jack Schneider, which builds “a compelling case that if we are to preserve and strengthen the audacious experiment in democracy that is our public schools, we must bridge cultural and ideological divisions to find common ground.”

Flash-in-the-pan school controversies distract us from the Right’s long-standing aim: destroying public education itself. To preserve this audacious experiment in democracy, we must bridge cultural and ideological divisions to find common ground.

10/07/2024

“It brings together more than a dozen case studies of environmental justice campaigns that have grappled with the challenge of enlisting labor allies and overcoming union objections to reducing fossil fuel extraction, transportation, refining, and use.”-Read this Jacobin review of POWER LINES, edited by Jeff Ordower and Lindsay Zafir.

Winning a just transition will require environmental activists to forge ties with labor unions around shared interests. That’s no easy task — but across the US, we’re seeing promising beginnings of a labor-climate alliance.

08/07/2024

“Powell’s visual depth beautifully adds visceral layers to Loewen’s efforts to undercut scholastic elisions . . . In cleverly dissecting and debunking what was taught for decades, Loewen’s stories collectively serve as an illuminating textbook in their own right.”-The Washington Post on Nate Powell and the late James W. Loewen's LIES MY TEACHER TOLD ME!

These books by Maurice Vellekoop, Eddie Ahn, Nate Powell and others offer fresh stories and beautiful images.

24/06/2024

"From vast biometric data collected without consent in refugee camps, to algorithms replacing visa officers and making discriminatory decisions, to AI lie detectors used at borders, the roll out of unregulated technologies is ever-growing.”-Read THE WALLS HAVE EYES author Petra Molnar's op-ed in TIME!

Border technologies are not a deterrent for people who are migrating. It just makes the journey more deadly.

21/06/2024

“​​Kormos elevates the voices of women working to prevent the climate crisis, weaving together their stories to make a powerful case for why women are essential to changing our current trajectory toward catastrophic global warming and environmental degradation.”-Listen to Rebecca Kormos discuss INTERTWINED in an interview on KALW's Your Call!

Women are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis. Wildlife biologist Rebecca Kormos says empowering women is one of the most important solutions.

20/06/2024

➡️ As the story of Supreme Court malfeasance and ethics violations repeatedly makes front-page news, THE SCHEME by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse with Jennifer Mueller tells the story of how the right-wing used dark money to capture the Supreme Court.

🗣️ “A maddening indictment of a corrupt and corrupted judiciary.” —

🗣️ “There’s no senator I can think of who’s done more sleuthing to figure out the money trail in American politics, particularly as it affects the courts.” —Jane Mayer, author of Dark Money

💥 THE SCHEME chronicles a hidden-money campaign using an armada of front groups, helped by the infamous Citizens United Supreme Court decision, employing the Federalist Society as an appointments turnstile, and with the same small handful of right-wing billionaires and corporations enticing the Senate to break rules, norms, and precedents to confirm wildly inappropriate nominees who would advance their anti-government agenda.