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Sample Some Poems from Rachel DeWoskin’s “Absolute Animal”
November 28, 2023
With the rush of the holiday season coming up, we invite you to take a moment to pause and spend time with poetry. Rachel DeWoskin’s second poetry collection, absolute animal, navigates chaos and uncertainty, searching for the boundaries between human and animal behavior. Through these poems, DeWoskin considers questions about
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Five Questions with E. Summerson Carr, author of “Working the Difference: Science, Spirit, and the Spread of Motivational Interviewing”
November 21, 2023
In the abstract, trust in both “expertise” and “the science” has been touted as panaceas to our ongoing crisis of misinformation and outright lies, but how exactly does a particular social scientific practice or form of thought gain widespread recognition as “expertise” to begin with? In Working the Difference, E.
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Five Questions with Laura Mamo, Author of “Sexualizing Cancer”
November 13, 2023
In honor of University Press Week, November 13 through 17, 2023, university presses around the globe are celebrating and sharing the incredible impact that the work of this global community of university presses has on every one of us. This year’s theme is #SpeakUP, which provides an opportunity for presses
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Holiday Gift Guide 2023
November 9, 2023
To celebrate the coming holiday, we’ve assembled a reading list where everyone can find the perfect gift. Our curated holiday gift guide is here to help you inform, inspire, educate, and amaze your loved ones this season. You can find here some of our best books, from history to culinary,
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Read an Excerpt from “Deep Water” by Riley Black
November 7, 2023
What lies beneath the surface of the ocean has mystified humankind for millennia. Today, we have explored more of the surface of the Moon than we have the deep sea. What thrives in these mysterious depths, how did these life-forms evolve from ancient life, and how has this environment changed
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Five Questions with Heidi Morefield, Author of “Developing to Scale”
November 1, 2023
In 1973, economist E. F. Schumacher published Small Is Beautiful, which introduced a mainstream audience to his theory of “appropriate technology”: the belief that international development projects in the Global South were most sustainable when they were small-scale, decentralized, and balanced between the traditional and the modern. The first critical book
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Read an Excerpt from “American Imperialist” by Arwen P. Mohun
October 26, 2023
In her revealing new book, American Imperialist, historian Arwen P. Mohun offers a nuanced portrait of how her great-grandfather’s pursuit of career success and financial security for his family came at a tragic cost to countless Africans. In anticipation of its upcoming release in November, we’re sharing the beginning of
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What to Read for the Spookiest Season
October 13, 2023
The days draw in and the nights are long. The warmth and light of summer have vanished. It is the spooky season. This is the time of Trick or Treat, but also the time of older horrors and fears. And what better way to spend it than to read a
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What to Read for Indigenous Peoples’ Day
October 9, 2023
To celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we’ve assembled a reading list highlighting the lives of Indigenous individuals and the history of their communities that have lived in the Americas for thousands of years. With these books, you can honor the story of a Canadian Indian residential school survivor, face our nation’s
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Cops Nab Craigslist Killer

By John J. Fanning on April 21, 2009

Boston police named Phillip Markoff, a 22-year-old pre-med student at Boston University, the killer of 26-year-old New York masseuse, Julissa Brisman who was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a Boston hotel April 14th. More…

Indians Practice Shoe Hurling At Politicians

By John J. Fanning on April 20, 2009

Iran Orders Appeal For Jailed US Reporter

By John J. Fanning on April 20, 2009

The Judiciary Chief in Iran has ordered a “quick and fair” trial for jailed US reporter Roxana Saberi, sentenced to eight years imprisonment last week after a one-day trial in Tehran. More

Obama Sets New Tone In S. America

By John J. Fanning on April 20, 2009

McD’s Introducing New Burger

By John J. Fanning on April 20, 2009

McDonald’s Corporation will launch a new one-third pound hamburger this summer, it’s first new hamburger fare in more than eight-years. More

Ricketts To Offer Stake In Cubs

By John J. Fanning on April 20, 2009

Private investors are being offered a stake in the Chicago Cubs team by Tom Ricketts who is working to complete the financing for purchase of the club for $900 million. More…

Exxon Beats Wal-Mart To Number 1 Spot

By John J. Fanning on April 20, 2009

Exxon Mobil Corporation rose to the top of the Fortune 500 list, unseating Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. to become the largest publicly traded company in the United States. More…

Obama Sees Positive Movements From Cuba and Venezuala

By John J. Fanning on April 19, 2009

Five Hundred Words

By John J. Fanning on April 19, 2009

A Beautiful Mime… How disinformation topped the news this week Elements inside the Department of Homeland Security, in what can only be termed a classic disinformation effort, issued a fraudulent and inflammatory nine-page “Assessment” this week, in what amounts to a senseless effort to drive a blade of alienation through the heart of the American people. Entitled, “Rightwing Extremism:…

China Spies Planted Chips In US Fighter Jets

By John J. Fanning on April 18, 2009

Chinese intelligence agents have penetrated so deeply into US business, defense and military organizations that they can, at a moments notice, inflict devestating damage to the nations infrastructure and business community. In Addition, tiny microships embeded into circuitry installed in the computer systems of military aircraft, can cause the aircraft to fail once activated by Chinese satellites. More…

Mexican Drug War Invades Heartland of USA

By John J. Fanning on April 17, 2009

CNN Newscaster Loses It In Chicago

By John J. Fanning on April 17, 2009

Dominos Pizza Threatened By Prank Video

By John J. Fanning on April 17, 2009

Domino’s Pizza has found its brand threatened by two employes who filmed a prank video which quickly spread on YouTube and turned even long-time customers away from the pizza chain…

Alabama Crew Heads Home

By John J. Fanning on April 16, 2009

NSA Ignores Congress On Email Intercepts

By John J. Fanning on April 16, 2009

The National Security Agency has intercepted private email messages and phone calls of Americans beyond the legal limits set by Congress last year..

Thousands To Protest Taxes Today

By John J. Fanning on April 15, 2009

At 300 Locations in all 50 States thousands of Americans are expected to attend rallies today, protesting high taxes and government spending.

Prime Group Defaults On Mortgage

By John J. Fanning on April 15, 2009

Prime Group Realty has defaulted on loan payments for a two-building office complex in Oak Brook

Sox Legend Opens Burr Ridge Bank

By John J. Fanning on April 15, 2009

Former Chicago White Sox player Bo Jackson has partnered to open a new bank in Burr Ridge.