Adopted in 1992, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) declared a goal of stabilizing global carbon emissions to “prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.” In... READ MORE
Henry Ford did not just mass produce cars. As a member of the Episcopal Church, reader of New Thought texts, believer in the “gospel of reincarnation,” mass marketer of antisemitic... READ MORE
This excerpt was originally published in Inquest. Every year, thousands of children are placed in solitary confinement by U.S. public schools as punishment for having a disability. This abuse and... READ MORE
In this expanded edition to a groundbreaking work, now in paperback, Lincoln and the Jews: A History (NYU Press, 2025), Jonathan D. Sarna and Benjamin Shapell reveal how Abraham Lincoln’s unprecedentedly inclusive... READ MORE
Just as there is a huge Holocaust education effort in the United States, so too might there be one to address and make more legible the genocide and atrocity crimes... READ MORE
Detroit seemed to experience an explosive rebirth following its bankruptcy, the largest in US municipal history. It was as if the slate had been wiped clean and the color line... READ MORE
For incarcerated mothers, sending handmade art to their children can help nurture vital connections—but often even this is hindered by prison officials. This excerpt was originally published in Inquest. Few... READ MORE
Samiha Rahman’s Black Muslim Freedom Dreams: Islamic Education, Pan-Africanism, and Collective Care (New York University Press, 2026) follows three generations of Black American Muslims as they pursue education through the Tijani Sufi... READ MORE
by Yalidy Matos, Domingo Morel and Michelle Bueno Vásquez Politics has always been in our veins On April 16, 2026, Analilia Mejía won New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District special election by 41 points, becoming... READ MORE
The International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 formally established the promotion of religious freedom as a U.S. foreign policy and national security priority. Tracing its origins and passage, Prioritizing Faith:... READ MORE
In the United States, local law enforcement agencies are legally and organizationally independent entities from federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and ICE. While local police enforce local, state... READ MORE
What led to your interest in the moral, political and social issues that influence the federal regulation of assisted reproductive technology (ART)? This topic combines my interests in assisted reproduction and my practice... READ MORE
Dr. Tomer Persico is a Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, a Rubinstein Fellow at Reichman University, and a Senior Research Scholar at the UC Berkeley Center for Middle... READ MORE
This summer marks 160 years since the Battle of Ridgeway, the definitive event of the Fenian raids on Canada. Fought on June 2, 1866, near Ridgeway, Ontario, it pitted hundreds... READ MORE
Delving into the complex interplay of race, kinship, and technology, Technologies of Kinship: Asian American Racialization and the Making of Family challenges conventional notions of racial identity in an era of... READ MORE
March 11, 2026 marked the 15th year anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan’s most devastating civilian nuclear tragedy. When the nuclear disaster happened vast quantities of radioactive pollutants were... READ MORE
