Remembering Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. worked to transform American society. The impact of his legacy reverberates today, posing fundamental questions about the unresolved problems he confronted. Born on January 15, 1929 ...
Highlights from "What’s Next, America?" salon on Nov 21
By Sade Collier (blog post) & Naomi Tomlin (video), Fall 2024 interns The 2024 primary election season is defined by its missed marks. Take this astute essay by our next-door ...
Happy Birthday, Studs! Part I
In the fall of 2008, NPR’s StoryCorps aired an episode with Studs Terkel. Like any of his interviews, it too begins with a question. “Whatever happened to the human voice?” ...
Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion Features Worn Out’s Alyssa Hardy
The new HBO documentary Brandy Hellville & the Cult of Fast Fashion has been making waves for its bold and shocking coverage of teen clothing franchise Brandy Melville. In the ...
The 2023 Social Justice Awards
We're still riding high from the 2023 Social Justice Awards Gala, where we had the pleasure of honoring Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Steven Pico, the lead plaintiff in the landmark Supreme Court case on ...
Block Florida’s Stop W.O.K.E. Act
For more than thirty years, The New Press has published books that facilitate social change, enrich public discourse, and defend democratic values. The New Press has now joined other First ...
Slaves for Peanuts by Jori Lewis wins 2023 James Beard Book Award
The New Press is thrilled that Slaves for Peanuts: A Story of Conquest, Liberation, and a Crop That Changed History by Jori Lewis was named a 2023 James Beard Foundation ...
Inspiring America: Author and Activist Susan Burton
Susan Burton, co-author or Becoming Ms. Burton and founder of A New Way of Life Reentry Project, was named an honoree of NBC News' "Inspiring America: The Inspiration List." "Inspiring ...
Celebrating the Legacy of Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel, the legendary author and oral historian, was born 111 years ago this week. Born on May 16th in 1912, Terkel defined broadcast journalism in the mid-20th century with ...
Independent Bookstore Day 2023
Indie bookstores play a vital role in their communities. They are cultural anchors, venues for conversation, places of discovery, learning, and convening. This Saturday, April 29th is Independent Bookstore Day ...
Teach Banned History Partnership with the Zinn Education Project
In the face of growing attacks on the teaching of history, The New Press is partnering with the Zinn Education Project to send books to teachers and teacher educators in ...
The College Board Doesn’t Want You to Read These New Press Books
Efforts by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to ban books in schools and the College Board’s decision to revise their AP African American Studies curriculum made national headlines this week, in ...
Announcing The New Press Spring 2023 Catalog
The New Press is excited to share our Spring 2023 catalog, which includes books to be published between March and August 2023. Our spring season celebrates women’s voices reclaiming current ...
Three Steps Toward Police Abolition
The Black Lives Matter movement, reinvigorated during the summer 2020 uprisings, galvanized hundreds of thousands of people into the streets and ushered the slogan “defund the police” into wide circulation ...
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Frederick A.O. Schwarz Jr. to Receive Social Justice Awards at The New Press’s 30th Anniversary Gala
The New Press is thrilled to announce that its 2022 Social Justice Awards will be presented to Nikole Hannah- Jones, the Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, for her social and historical ...
Announcing The New Press Fall 2022 Catalog
The New Press is happy to share our Fall 2022 catalog, which includes books to be published between September 2022 and February 2023. The books in our fall season offer ...
Still Doing Life Open Exhibit
In 1996, restorative justice advocate, photographer, and bestselling author Howard Zehr published Doing Life, a book of photo portraits of individuals serving life sentences without the possibility of parole in ...
From Resilience to Resistance: Trans Kids and a History of Fighting Back
Across the country, queer youth are increasingly facing the ire of conservative politicians, as Republican state legislatures work to pass several policies limiting their rights. More than 240 anti-LGBTQ bills ...
Independent Bookstore Day 2022
Saturday, April 30th is Independent Bookstore Day, a day to celebrate and show some love to the indie bookstores who provide an invaluable service as cultural anchors in our communities, ...
The New Press Congratulates Marjoleine Kars on the 2021 Cundill History Prize
The New Press is delighted that Marjoleine Kars has been awarded this year’s Cundill History Prize and congratulates her on this outstanding achievement. This great honor recognizes and rewards the ...
What Is Critical Race Theory and Why Is It Under Attack?
To say that there is an ongoing debate over critical race theory (CRT) in the United States today is to miss the importance of what’s actually happening in courtrooms in ...
The New Press Congratulates Abdulrazak Gurnah on the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature
Abdulrazak Gurnah was announced by the Nobel Committee as this year’s winner of the esteemed international literature prize. The award cited Gurnah’s “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of ...
Protests and Controversies Throughout Olympic History
After a long year of waiting, the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games are here! Many changes have been made this year given the state of the world: there are mandatory daily ...
Kimberlé Crenshaw, Rep. Jamie Raskin Receive 2021 New Press Social Justice Awards
Professor Crenshaw and Congressman Raskin will be honored in New York City on November 9, 2021, at The New Press Social Justice Awards Gala We’re pleased to announce that The New Press ...
