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November 2, 2023 (October 13, 2023)

Q&A with Gary Scott Smith, author of DO ALL THE GOOD YOU CAN

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Gary Scott Smith, author of Do All the Good You Can: How Faith Shaped Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Politics, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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October 24, 2023 (October 4, 2023)

Q&A with Joseph Horowitz, author of THE PROPAGANDA OF FREEDOM

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Joseph Horowitz, author of The Propaganda of Freedom: JFK, Shostakovich, Stravinsky, and the Cultural Cold War, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to write this […]

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October 17, 2023 (October 4, 2023)

Q&A with Tariq D. Khan, author of THE REPUBLIC SHALL BE KEPT CLEAN

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Tariq D. Khan, author of The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression, answers questions on his new book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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April 28, 2023 (April 19, 2023)

Q&A with Cristina-Ioana Dragomir, author of MAKING THE IMMIGRANT SOLDIER

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Cristina-Ioana Dragomir, author of Making the Immigrant Soldier: How Race, Ethnicity, Class, and Gender Intersect in the US Military, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her […]

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March 3, 2023 (October 13, 2022)

Q&A with Carol A. Hess, author of AARON COPLAND IN LATIN AMERICA

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Carol A. Hess, author of Aaron Copland in Latin America: Music and Cultural Politics, answers questions on her scholarly influences, discoveries, and reader takeaways from her new book. Q: Why […]

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May 4, 2022 (March 16, 2023)

Essential Roe v. Wade Reading List

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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. […]

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April 27, 2022 (February 20, 2022)

Q&A with Dick Simpson, Author of Democracy’s Rebirth

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Dick Simpson, author of Democracy’s Rebirth: The View from Chicago, answers questions on his activist influences, political discoveries, and reader takeaways from his book. Q: Why did you decide to […]

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September 9, 2020 (August 21, 2020)

Q&A with Andrea Wenzel, Author of Community Centered Journalism

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Author, Andrea Wenzel, of Community Centered Journalism: Engaging People, Exploring Solutions, and Building Trust answers questions about her influences for writing, discoveries and myths she hopes to dispel for readers. […]

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November 26, 2019 (November 21, 2019)

The World in a City Awarded the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize

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We are pleased to announce The World in a City: Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles by David M. Struthers won the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for International Scholarship […]

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July 9, 2019 (June 27, 2019)

Karen E. Whedbee on “Reverend Billy Goes to Main Street: Free Speech, Trespassing, and Activist Documentary Film”

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Karen E. Whedbee is an associate professor in the media studies program in the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. She has published widely on topics related to free […]

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October 19, 2018 (October 15, 2018)

NFL Reading List

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Football season is well underway and we’re here to add a dose of football and NFL themed reads to your TBR. Featuring reads that will educate you on the origins […]

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July 10, 2018

A Triumph of Progressive Politics: Roger Biles on Mayor Harold Washington

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Roger Biles is Professor Emeritus of History at Illinois State University. His books include Richard J. Daley: Politics, Race, and the Governing of Chicago and The Fate of Cities: Urban America and the Federal […]

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