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October 23, 2026
Art for War
Understanding the world of art—particularly antiquities and archaeological artifacts—requires tracing how objects are removed from the ground, displac…
October 23, 2026
Forgive Us Our Debts
When American churches face financial difficulties, a disproportionately high number of Black churches reorganize under chapter 11 bankruptcy. There a…
October 22, 2026
On Converting Customer Service to a Higher Calling
B. Joseph Pine II is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial startups, and c…
October 18, 2026
Beneath the Wage
Beneath the Wage: Tips, Tasks, and Gigs in the Age of Service Work (Princeton UP, 2026) retheorizes capitalism from the perspective of the service eco…
October 13, 2026
Making Sense of China's Economy
Making Sense of China's Economy (Routledge, 2023) untangles China’s complex economic structure, evolving issues and curious contradictions, and explai…
October 7, 2026
Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World
Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century,…
October 7, 2026
Down and Out in Utopia
Imagine that you have just lost your job. You wonder: “Who or what can I depend on now?” The answer, it turns out, varies significantly depending on w…
October 4, 2026
The Hypocrisy Trap
In our increasingly distrusting and polarized world, accusations of hypocrisy are everywhere. But our attempts to stamp out hypocrisy may backfire, cr…
September 30, 2026
Transient Becoming
How do individuals seek to become better persons in contemporary China? How do they navigate the complex demands of personal growth given the fragment…
September 29, 2026
Smuggling Law
The Kurdish-populated Wan/Van Province is a major smuggling hub between Turkey and Iran. Kurdish smugglers cross this 180-mile-long land border, trans…
September 28, 2026
The Player and the Played
A provocative examination of the ways our economy has been rigged by financialization, and the importance of games to our dangerous political moment. …
September 28, 2026
Vulgar Marxism
Offers a transformative reading of the Marxist tradition by uncovering its connections to the institutions and practices of worker education. For the …
September 23, 2026
A Daring Enterprise
What happens when the United States launches an unconventional foreign aid program in the aftermath of a national uprising? In this behind-the-scenes …
September 21, 2026
Property Values
As affordability crises once limited to coastal cities have spread across the broader United States, the history of home and land ownership has never …
September 19, 2026
Brokers of Power
The twenty-first century has seen major transformations in the US electricity sector—but while the use of coal power wanes and the need for renewable …
September 18, 2026
Through the Roof
Housing is the defining issue of our time, driving a persistent affordability crisis, financial instability, and economic inequality. Alexander Reisen…
September 13, 2026
Searching for Democracy
How can we achieve lasting social and political equality for women? Dr. Leda Pérez tackles this thorny question in Searching for Democracy: Women, Dom…
September 7, 2026
Points of Departure
“The general thrust of capitalist policy in this period aims at the intensified imposition of work in response to ongoing struggle against it.” —Harry…
August 30, 2026
Decolonizing Environmentalism
Brought to you by the BISA Environment and Climate Politics Working Group. Decolonizing Environmentalism: Alternative Visions and Practices of Envi…
August 28, 2026
Foul Play in the Nonprofit Sector
It is quite easy to find corruption within nonprofits. This is particularly the case in the subsector of not-for-profits that are incorporated as trad…