"Light of Day" is a thorough social science study about the pervasiveness of sexualized violence. In her timely social science study "Light of Day", Janet A. McDonald challenges everyone to reconsider what they think they know about... Read More

In 1954, the same year Menominee civil rights activist Ada Deer graduated from her masters program, the US government passed the Menominee Termination Act, erasing the Menominee nation’s recognition under federal law. Deer spent the... Read More

Psychologist Wendy L. Moss’s "Stand Up!" is designed to help teach children how to stand up and support fairness and respect with the hope of decreasing bullying and injustice. "Stand Up!" is an actionable and practical learning tool.... Read More

Matthew L. Schuerman’s measured "Newcomers" examines gentrification and how it impacts cities for good and ill. Terms are defined with care in the text, which argues that new people moving into older urban neighborhoods don’t create... Read More

Rabbi Michael Lerner’s "Revolutionary Love" is not so much a book as a manifesto, the public declaration of a political philosophy determined to save people from self-destruction. Encompassing loving criticism of the cultural concerns... Read More

Jelena Subotić’s "Yellow Star, Red Star" examines postwar views of the Holocaust in Eastern Bloc countries. In 1941, a nineteen-year-old Jewish nurse entered the Semlin labor camp of her own free will, eager to care for others but... Read More

The Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 is a case study in the way that private industries twist government programs to their advantage. Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor’s "Race for Profit" is clear and methodical as it details how a... Read More

A wide-ranging, organized, cohesive statement about what morality means, "Morality" is a thought-provoking text. Roger V. Moseley’s erudite social science book "Morality" examines how moral and ethical decisions are made and... Read More