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Q&A with Julia Alekseyeva, author of "Antifascism and the Avant-Garde"
Mar 31 2025
Author Julia Alekseyeva discusses what lessons antifascist avanat-garde documentaries from the 1960s hold for our current political moment.
Meet the New Editor of "Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos": Matthew Butler
Feb 28 2025
Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos incoming editor is interested in continuing the journal's foundational mission, while finding new ways to increase MSEM’s visibility throughout Mexico and to intensify interdisciplinary dialogue within the pages of MSEM.
Reading List: Democracy and Its Threats, Essential Reads for Navigating an Uncertain Future
Dec 03 2024
UC Press's publishing programs in books and journals, which amplify the voices of leading experts, remain vital for understanding and addressing the challenges of our time.
A Q&A with CPCS Associate Editor Paulina Pospieszna
Nov 26 2024
It’s a crucial time to be researching these topics, and I look forward to contributing to the understanding of how deliberative democracy can shape the region’s future.
Why CNN is changing up its polling for 2024
Oct 11 2024
Polls of the 2020 presidential election were at their collective worst in 40 years. No misfire that year was more striking than CNN’s. Its final poll before the election estimated that Joe Biden held a landslide-size lead of 12 percentage points over then-President Donald Trump
As renewable energy demand rises, mining for minerals in the Amazon is at a critical point
Sep 20 2024
Illegal mining for critical minerals needed for the global renewable energy transition is increasingly driving deforestation in Indigenous lands in the Amazon. In recent years, these illegal miners, who are often self-employed, mobile and working covertly, have expanded their gold mining operations to include cassiterite or “black gold”, a critical mineral essential for the renewable energy transition.
Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them
Jun 18 2024
Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today. Every year, horrific crises induce tremendous suffering. Most are privately tragic, affecting only those directly harmed and their immediate relations. A small number, though, become politically notorious and, therefore, publicly tragic.
Q&A with Alex Edmans, author of May Contain Lies
Apr 30 2024
In this eye-opening book, renowned economist Alex Edmans teaches us how to separate fact from fiction. Using colorful examples—from a wellness guru’s tragic but fabricated backstory to the blunders that led to the Deepwater Horizon disaster to the diet that ensnared millions yet hastened its founder
Q&A with Ieva Jusionyte, author of Exit Wounds
Apr 16 2024
American guns have entangled the lives of people on both sides of the US-Mexico border in a vicious circle of violence. After treating wounded migrants and refugees seeking safety in the United States, anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte boldly embarked on a journey in the opposite direction—following the
Early polls can offer some insight into candidates’ weak points – but are extremely imprecise
Feb 19 2024
By W. Joseph Campbell, author of Lost in a Gallup: Polling Failure in U.S. Presidential Elections, Updated EditionThis article was originally published on The Conversation.Preelection polls have been inescapable early in the 2024 election year, setting storylines, as they invariably do, for