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Environmental Justice in San Francisco
Mar 20 2025
Lindsey Dillon, author of "Toxic City," writes about environmental activism in the Bay Area
House-building in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Mar 19 2025
Author Claire Mercer talks about her new book and how the suburb and the middle classes construct each other.
Japan’s Empire through the Lens of Settler Colonialism in Latin America
Mar 16 2025
Author Sidney Xu Lu on challenging and complicating the story of Japanese migration to Brazil.
How Taiwanese Vegetables Became the Envy of the World
Mar 15 2025
Author James Lin on the rural history that defined a generation of Taiwanese.
Can Wearable Tech Bring Order to Our Lives?
Mar 13 2025
Author James N. Gilmore on the limits, possibilities, and realities of wearable tech, like Fitbits, Apple Watches, and Oura Rings.
Interview with Yiman Wang, author of "To Be an Actress"
Mar 08 2025
Yiman Wang, author of "To Be an Actress," talks about the enduring legacy of actress Anna May Wong
UC Press Becomes Publisher of Science Fiction Studies, which Releases New Special Issue on "Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction as Slipstream"
Mar 06 2025
The guest editor of UC Press's new journal answers the question, "Why have a journal special issue on Southeast Asian speculative fiction?"
Q&A with Nicole Karlis, author of "Your Brain on Altruism"
Mar 05 2025
Author Nicole Karlis discusses her new book "Your Brain on Altruism," and how together we can build a culture of kindness.
Gentrification Isn’t Just Happening in Cities. It’s Also Happening in America’s Suburbs
Mar 04 2025
In “The Right to Suburbia,” Willow S. Lung-Amam details who’s benefitting from redevelopment in Washington, D.C.’s suburbs – and who’s being pushed out.
Lessons from Youth Organizers for this Political Moment
Feb 26 2025
If you care about bodily autonomy and self-determination, the current times are very bad. We can learn a lot about what this moment demands of us by looking to youth-led social movements for reproductive justice.