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Q&A with the author of DAVID DAVIS, ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S FAVORITE JUDGE
Raymond J. McKoski, author of David Davis, Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Judge, answers questions about his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this book? Returning to our home […]
Q&A with a co-editor of REPARATIONS AND REPARATORY JUSTICE
Mary Frances Berry, co-editor with Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua and V. P. Franklin of Reparations and Reparatory Justice: Past, Present, and Future, answers questions on their new book. Q: Why did […]
Q&A with Patrick Wohl, author of DOWN BALLOT
Patrick Wohl, author of Down Ballot: How a Local Campaign Became a National Referendum on Abortion, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]
Essential Roe v. Wade Reading List
In light of this week’s Supreme Court news, we’ve assembled a list of books and journals that provide insightful analysis into the history of reproductive rights in the United States. […]
Q&A with Donald W. Rogers, Author of Workers against the City: The Fight for Free Speech in Hague v. CIO
Donald W. Rogers, author of Workers against the City, answers questions about the labor movement, American history, free speech, CIO v. Hague, and civil liberties. Q: Why did you decide […]
200 Years of Illinois: Get your same-sex marriage license
We’re a day late with this bit of recognition, but here goes. On June 1, 2014, a same sex marriage law passed the previous fall went into effect across the […]
Backlist Bop: Mythbusting an American institution
Forbidden Relatives challenges the belief—widely held in the United States—that legislation against marriage between first cousins is based on a biological risk to offspring. In fact, its author maintains, the […]
Four Quotes: from Spacializing Blackness, by Rashad Shabazz
A geographic study of race and gender, Spatializing Blackness casts light upon the ubiquitous—and ordinary—ways carceral power functions in places where African Americans live. Moving from the kitchenette to the […]
Release Party: Gendered Asylum
Women filing gender-based asylum claims long faced skepticism and outright rejection within the U.S. immigration system. Despite erratic progress, the United States still fails to recognize gender as an established […]
Throwbacklist Thursday: I Learned Law at the Movies
Courtroom dramas and filmed jury rooms have left an indelible impression on Americans. That impression? The law is so straightforward you can wrap up any case in a maximum of […]
“Serious crimes” keep Corrupt Illinois figure in prison
Inmate No. 40892-424, better known as former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich, had hoped to he would be able to return home early. Those hopes were dashed by a the federal […]