Throughout the twentieth century, Michigan was home to nearly every political movement that emerged from grassroots origins, notes JoEllen Vinyard in her compelling, lively history. Vinyard digs deep into the factors that fostered the... Read More

“Which path the United States ultimately takes will be determined by the Millennial Generation’s willingness to engage in a vast civic endeavor to remake America and its institutions and the willingness of the rest of the country to... Read More

Life in Calexico, California, population just under 50,000, is circumscribed by border town issues, like the severely restricted access to its sister-city Mexicali, Mexico, population 700,000. Waits of up to ninety minutes at the border... Read More

While serving as an officer in the United States Army, Michael Michalko organized a team of NATO intelligence specialists and international academics to discover the best methods of inventive thinking. He has since expanded these... Read More

Although most people believe that they’re too smart or too protected to be conned, anecdotal and statistical evidence says otherwise. The scams may be small, like someone stealing a prescription drug bottle and refilling it under a... Read More

Historians will agree that ‘progress’ is as American as apple pie. What constitutes progress, of course, is always a point of contention. In "The Body Politic", Jonathan D. Moreno examines the attitudes Americans hold about modern... Read More

“Nuns defy stereotypes,” says Carole Garibaldi Rogers, whose compelling collection of interviews with ninety-six women religious highlights the dramatic changes that they have had to confront during the past fifty years. Habits of... Read More

Distilling the bittersweet, capturing what it means to be creatures in love with a fleeting world of wonders—this is the specialty of poets. Adele Ne Jame’s poems are lovely examples of the art. In this beautiful collection, Ne Jame... Read More