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Five Questions with Elizabeth Mitchell Elder, author of “Company Towns”
January 14, 2026
In Company Towns, Elizabeth Mitchell Elder examines the long-lasting political legacies of mining-company dominance in the Midwest and Appalachia. While the economic consequences of deindustrialization are well-known, Elder shifts the focus to a more insidious problem: the political dysfunction that took root long before the mines shut down. Elder charts
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A Conversation on Writing, Craft, and Poetry
December 18, 2025
Read on below for a conversation between CavanKerry Press authors Dorsía Smith Silva (In Inheritance of Drowning) and Cati Porter (The Body at a Loss) about their writing journeys and the craft of poetry. Cati Porter: Dorsía, you read and reviewed my first poetry collection, Seven Floors Up, for a
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Five Questions with Alison Bashford, author of “Decoding the Hand”
December 17, 2025
Decoding the Hand is an astounding history of magic, medicine, and science, of an enduring search for how our bodily surfaces might reveal an inner self. From sixteenth-century occult physicians to twentieth-century geneticists, and from criminologists to eugenicists, award-winning historian Alison Bashford takes us on a remarkable journey into the
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Read an Excerpt from “Atlas’s Bones” by D. Vance Smith
December 10, 2025
Atlas’s Bones is a major new look at Africa’s influence on European culture and how colonization remade Africa in the image of a medieval Europe. D. Vance Smith reveals that much of what is claimed as European culture up to the Middle Ages—its great themes in literature, its sources in
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Five Questions for Joshua B. Freeman, Author of “Garden Apartments”
November 25, 2025
In his new book, eminent historian Joshua B. Freeman turns his attention to an overlooked feature of the American landscape: garden apartments. He details their outsized influence on housing and social policy, helping improve living standards for working people. Inspired by the architectural innovations and socialist politics of British garden
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Five Questions with Cynthia Cruz, poet and author of “Sweet Repetition”
November 21, 2025
As we continue to celebrate the amazing writers, editors, and translators in our Phoenix Poets series, we’re delighted to highlight poet Cynthia Cruz, whose latest poetry collection, Sweet Repetition, published with the series in October. Sweet Repetition centers its movement on repetition and return, integrating Lacanian and Freudian psychoanalysis, continental
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Read an Excerpt from “The Adaptability Paradox” by Stephen Skowronek
November 18, 2025
Faith in the resilience and adaptability of the US Constitution rests on a long history of finding new ways to make the system work. In The Adaptability Paradox, political scientist Stephen Skowronek examines the rearrangements that regenerated the American government in the past and brings that experience to bear on
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From the Archives and Spotlight Collections from Chicago Journals
November 13, 2025
In 2023, the University of Chicago Press Journals Division launched a new online feature called “From the Archives” to bring new readership to less recent and archival scholarship. Each month, our team works to choose a different topic, and articles are selected for inclusion on the page via keyword search.
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Teaming UP at the South Side Science Festival
November 10, 2025
Since 2023, the University of Chicago Press has been proud to participate in the South Side Science Festival, a yearly event that brings STEM research to the families of Chicago’s South Side. Along with representatives from across the University of Chicago’s divisions, members of the press volunteer at the festival,
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Episode 448 – Facebook Is Not Allowing An Opt-Out For Phone Number Searches

By Binary Blogger on March 13, 2019

Facebook once again takes a dip into security but slides in serious privacy violations to do it. This time in their two factor authentication offering they are using your phone number against you. This epsiode talks about the details of what they did and what you can't do as a user to protect against this.

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Experts: Chicago Police Suicide Prevention Should Now Focus On Supervisors

By Chicago Public Media on March 13, 2019

A mental health advocacy group is working with CPD to create a training for leaders on how to help struggling officers.

Despite Scandal, Chicago Aldermen Delay Decision On Ethics Reforms

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

Concerns over aldermanic authority delayed a vote on Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s ethics reforms on Tuesday.

Program Created By Racial Panic Shifts To Help Pay For Home Repairs

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

A controversial tax program started to prevent white flight on Chicago’s Northwest Side more than 30 years ago is shifting its mission.

Teachers: Children New To The U.S. Should Sit Out State Tests

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

Immigrants in the U.S. less than one year used to be exempt from state standardized tests. That has changed with a new test this spring.

New Arts District Aims To Make Mag Mile Area A Cultural Hub

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

The new Water Tower Arts District believes culture and shopping can thrive side by side.

Illinois Teacher Shortage Acute In Central, Southern Areas

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

A survey found that 89 percent of school districts in central Illinois have trouble filling teaching posts with qualified candidates. Southern Illinois fared even worse.

Illinois Teacher Shortage Acute In Central, Southern Areas

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

A survey found that 89 percent of school districts in central Illinois have trouble filling teaching posts with qualified candidates. Southern Illinois fared even worse.

Smollett Appears At Hearing To Discuss Cameras In Courtroom

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett attended a Chicago hearing to discuss whether cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during his disorderly conduct case.

Smollett Appears At Hearing To Discuss Cameras In Courtroom

By Chicago Public Media on March 12, 2019

"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett attended a Chicago hearing to discuss whether cameras will be allowed in the courtroom during his disorderly conduct case.

Episode 447 – TikTok Hit With A Huge Fine For Collecting Data On Kids

By Binary Blogger on March 12, 2019

The music sharing app TikTok, formerly Music.ly, got hit with a huge fine for children data privacy violations. This episode goes over wy they got fined and what you and others need to know about parenting around these child focused apps.

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Strike Talks Stir At Chicago High School For The Arts

By Chicago Public Media on March 11, 2019

ChiArts is a contract school, funded through Chicago Public Schools, but run by a private not-for-profit.

Some High-Risk Preschoolers Aren’t Getting Services In Illinois

By Chicago Public Media on March 11, 2019

A new report finds about 60 percent of the state’s young children live in areas where they face high to moderate risk factors.

Ain’t Chicago’s City Council Ready For Reform? We’ll Find Out Tuesday

By Chicago Public Media on March 11, 2019

A City Hall corruption scandal is prompting aldermen to talk ethics reform Tuesday. But some plans with more teeth are getting sidelined.

Nurse Who? The Revolving Door Of Nurses In Chicago Public Schools

By Chicago Public Media on March 11, 2019

When Chicago parents Jenifer and Zachary Korotko decided to enroll their son, who needs constant nursing care, in a Chicago public school three years ago, they were in for a big shock.

They had always assumed each city school had a full-time schoo...

Chicago Pot Company Bought For $850 Million

By Chicago Public Media on March 11, 2019

It’s being called one of the the biggest pot deals in U.S. corporate history.

Chicago Pot Company Bought For $850 Million

By Chicago Public Media on March 11, 2019

It’s being called one of the the biggest pot deals in U.S. corporate history.

Epiosde 446 – Update Your Chrome Browser Immediately

By Binary Blogger on March 11, 2019

If you use Google Chrome as your browser you need to update it immediately. This episode goes into the details and the urgency for this update.

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