Civics and citizenship

As local media institutions collapse and news deserts sprout up across the country, the US is facing a profound journalism crisis.

As local media institutions collapse and news deserts sprout up across the country, the US is facing a profound journalism crisis.

Frequent and fair elections, open to all, are fundamental elements of a democracy.

Frequent and fair elections, open to all, are fundamental elements of a democracy.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of 15 activists who documented it.

Bearing Witness While Black tells the story of this century's most powerful Black social movement through the eyes of 15 activists who documented it.

In 1917, the Beijing silk merchant Wei Enbo's vision of Jesus sparked a religious revival, characterized by healings, exorcisms, tongues-speaking, and, most provocatively, a call for a return to authentic Christianity that challenged the Western missionary establishment in China.

In 1917, the Beijing silk merchant Wei Enbo's vision of Jesus sparked a religious revival, characterized by healings, exorcisms, tongues-speaking, and, most provocatively, a call for a return to authentic Christianity that challenged the Western missionary establishment in China.

Citizenship within our current international system signifies being fully human, or being worthy of fundamental human rights.

Citizenship within our current international system signifies being fully human, or being worthy of fundamental human rights.

Almost everyone has citizenship, and yet it has emerged as one of the most hotly contested issues of contemporary politics.

Almost everyone has citizenship, and yet it has emerged as one of the most hotly contested issues of contemporary politics.

An internationally-renowned scholar in the fields of international and transitional justice, Diane Orentlicher provides an unparalleled account of an international tribunal's impact in societies that have the greatest stake in its work.

An internationally-renowned scholar in the fields of international and transitional justice, Diane Orentlicher provides an unparalleled account of an international tribunal's impact in societies that have the greatest stake in its work.

In recent years atheism has become ever more visible, acceptable, and influential.

In recent years atheism has become ever more visible, acceptable, and influential.

The national security and civil liberties tensions of the World War II mass incarceration link 9/11 and the 2015 Paris-San Bernardino attacks to the Trump era in America - an era darkened by accelerating discrimination against and intimidation of those asserting rights of freedom of religion, association and speech, and an era marked by increasingly volatile protests.

The national security and civil liberties tensions of the World War II mass incarceration link 9/11 and the 2015 Paris-San Bernardino attacks to the Trump era in America - an era darkened by accelerating discrimination against and intimidation of those asserting rights of freedom of religion, association and speech, and an era marked by increasingly volatile protests.

Essential Interviewing Skills for the Helping Professions reaches beyond most other essential skills for clinical interviewing books with its emphasis on social justice, attention to the role of microaggressions in clinical practice, and the upmost importance of practitioner wellness as integral to longevity in the helping professions.

Essential Interviewing Skills for the Helping Professions reaches beyond most other essential skills for clinical interviewing books with its emphasis on social justice, attention to the role of microaggressions in clinical practice, and the upmost importance of practitioner wellness as integral to longevity in the helping professions.

The year 2020 will mark the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment giving many women in the United States the right to vote.

The topic of global justice has long been a central concern within political philosophy and political theory, and there is no doubt that it will remain significant given the persistence of poverty on a massive scale and soaring global inequality.

We speak of being 'free' to speak our minds, free to go to college, free to move about; we can be cancer-free, debt-free, worry-free, or free from doubt.

In many ways, the United States' post-9/11 engagement with legal rules is puzzling.

In many ways, the United States' post-9/11 engagement with legal rules is puzzling.

Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today's digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement.

Activists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today's digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement.

A human right to higher education was included in the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which came into force in 1976.

A human right to higher education was included in the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which came into force in 1976.

For many American Muslims, the 9/11 attacks and subsequent War on Terror marked a rise in intense scrutiny of their religious lives and political loyalties.

After Injury explores the practices of forgiveness, resentment, and apology in three key moments when they were undergoing a dramatic change.

After Injury explores the practices of forgiveness, resentment, and apology in three key moments when they were undergoing a dramatic change.

In this study of exile, Sean Akerman chronicles the ways in which narrative approaches provide opportunities to understand and represent the lives of those who have been displaced after violence.

In this study of exile, Sean Akerman chronicles the ways in which narrative approaches provide opportunities to understand and represent the lives of those who have been displaced after violence.

Since its founding in 1910--the same year as another national organization devoted to the economic and social welfare aspects of race advancement, the National Urban League--the NAACP has been viewed as the vanguard national civil rights organization in American history.

In 1917, women won the vote in New York State.

In 1917, women won the vote in New York State.

This book is about good government-especially ethical and fair government.

This book is about good government-especially ethical and fair government.

The United Nations Peacebuilding Commission (UNPBC) was established in December 2005 to develop outlines of best practice in post-conflict reconstruction, and to secure the political and material resources necessary to assist states in transition from conflict to peacetime.

With the arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015, a sense of panic began to spread within the continent and beyond.

With the arrival in Europe of over a million refugees and asylum seekers in 2015, a sense of panic began to spread within the continent and beyond.

From the abolition era to the Civil Rights movement to the age of Obama, the promise of perfectibility and improvement resonates in the story of American democracy.

In The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P.

In The Sum of Our Dreams, Louis P.

This book challenges the conventional approach to problems of injustice in global normative theory.

This book challenges the conventional approach to problems of injustice in global normative theory.

More than just a legal doctrine, color-blind constitutionalism has emerged as the defining metaphor of the post-Civil Rights era.

More than just a legal doctrine, color-blind constitutionalism has emerged as the defining metaphor of the post-Civil Rights era.

State takeovers of local governments have garnered national attention of late, particularly following the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.