Politics

There are few figures and leaders of recent American history of greater social and political consequence than Jesse Jackson, and few more relevant for America's current political climate. In the 1960s, Jackson served as a close aide to Dr. Martin Luther...

"'How Trump Is Making Black America Great Again: The Untold Story of Black Advancement in the Era of Trump.' By Horace Cooper. A great new book!" - President Donald J. Trump Explore the unappreciated benefits African Americans enjoy thanks to Donald...

A journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification -- and the lives that are altered in the process. The term gentrification has become a buzzword to describe the...

Speaking together in Cuba in 1991, Mandela and Castro discuss the unique relationship and example of the struggles of the South African and Cuban peoples.

Where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it "Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never materialise. Without countervailing voices, wells...

Leading political and environmental commentator on where we have gone wrong, and what to do about it "Without countervailing voices, naming and challenging power, political freedom withers and dies. Without countervailing voices, a better world can never...

American Pamela Courtney's most formative years were spent in the bush of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. In this recounting of her childhood through adulthood, Courtney, the daughter of missionaries governed by a less-than-supportive missionary organization,...

From the author of Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways Jay S. Levy brings us a new educational resource entitled Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned. This monograph features three written works on homelessness inclusive of an...

On any given night, there are over 643,000 homeless people residing in shelters and on the streets across America. What can we do to help? "Levy crafts stories of characters who sear the memory: Old Man Ray, the World War II veteran who resents the VA...

On any given night, there are over 643,000 homeless people residing in shelters and on the streets across America. What can we do to help? "Levy crafts stories of characters who sear the memory: Old Man Ray, the World War II veteran who resents the VA...

In his landmark book The Geography of Nowhere James Howard Kunstler visited the tragic sprawlscape of cartoon architecture, junked cities, and ravaged countryside America had become and declared that the deteriorating environment was not merely a symptom...

Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times. Despair and mourning after the election of an antagonistic or polarizing president, such as Donald Trump, is part of the push-pull of American...