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We spoke to Michael Ansara, author of THE HARD WORK OF HOPE, about why he believes organizing is the key to success in helping to bring about change and his time-tested practical advice for everyday Americans seeking to make a difference. ow.ly/BFKF50Wpxif
Can you admire a writer and still question his #politics? READING FAITHFULLY by Lindsay Ceballos explores how #Russian critics reshaped Dostoevsky for a new era of change and #controversy. His work still raises urgent questions today. #SilverAge ow.ly/w8hn50Wlpzy
AUTHOR EVENT: Thursday (7/24) at 2 pm at the Chautauqua Institution with Claudia Strauss, author of What Work Means: Beyond the Puritan Work Ethic @chq #ILRPress #WorkEthic See this book: ow.ly/gGEV50WtBFI Event info: ow.ly/emJW50WtBFE

From heartbreak to healing, @MichaelAnsara's THE HARD WORK OF HOPE reminds us that hope isn't just wishful thinking— it's a daily choice and a powerful force for change. Available now: ow.ly/8jJu50WtwA1 #CivilRights #VietnamWar #StudentMovement #Activism #Organizing…

A hidden prison system. Decades of silence. UNSILENCING by Lilia Topouzova exposes #Bulgaria’s secret forced labor camps and the fight to confront a past no one wanted to remember. It is a #history everyone should know. ow.ly/Ojbv50Wlpvw
Ernst Kantorowicz, Radiances: Unpublished Essays on Gods, Kingship, and Images of the State, ed. Robert E. Lerner (@CornellPress, July 2025) facebook.com/MedievalUpdate… cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150178… #medievaltwitter #medievalstudies #medievalchristianity #medievalculture #medievalpower
The Jet Age promised freedom. But for #women in the skies, it wasn’t that simple. WOMEN AND THE JET AGE by Phil Tiemeyer reveals how stewardesses worldwide navigated sexism, #politics, and their fight for dignity at 30,000 feet. See the hidden #history: ow.ly/ETbf50Wlpq0
The #global economy survives crisis after crisis, but not because of luck. BANKERS' TRUST by Aditi Sahasrabuddhe reveals the hidden #power of personal relationships between central #bank leaders. Trust isn’t just personal. It can save the world. ow.ly/4Oyx50WlpoL
Before apps and #dating sites, there were… tiny ads in the newspaper. BETWEEN THE SHEETS by Hannah Frydman uncovers how people in Belle Époque Paris used them to find #love, desire, and lives outside the rules. #LGBTQ The hidden #history starts here: ow.ly/QLv850Wlpj2
Congrats to @MichaelAnsara, author of THE HARD WORK OF HOPE, on a successful book launch event last night at @HarvardBooks! See his book: ow.ly/k6jq50WqQwo ow.ly/LRz950WqQwk
What if #space wasn’t meant for war but for peace? THE PROVINCE OF ALL MANKIND by Stephen Buono reveals how, even in the #ColdWar, world leaders imagined space as a sanctuary beyond #politics. #MustRead The real space story starts here: ow.ly/BhuN50Wlpgm
Learn more about THE HARD WORK OF HOPE here: cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/978150178…
Michael Ansara’s memoir, The Hard Work of Hope, proves the point. His insightful reflection looks back on the civil rights, anti-Vietnam war, and campus movements of the 1960s and 1970s, gleaning lessons that will likely inspire today’s activists. #protest progressive.org/latest/michael…
Secret letters. Big ideas. One of history’s most #controversial thinkers. LETTERS FROM ROUSSEAU, edited by Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly, reveals personal and #political messages never meant to stay private. Some never translated before. Read more: ow.ly/uzFz50WlpbX
As we navigate the increasingly complex national security challenges of 2025, Joshua Rovner’s work Fixing the Facts: National #Security and the #Politics of Intelligence remains more relevant than ever. Read now on the #BacklistBlog: ow.ly/X0UC50Wpx7K

The margins were never empty. MICROLITERATURES by Jesús R. Velasco uncovers the hidden world of #medieval readers who turned scribbles and side notes into a public, #political act. #Reading will never look the same. Start here: ow.ly/r9MP50WlpaC
What keeps a revolution alive? REPRODUCING REVOLUTION by Jenny Hedström reveals how women’s everyday labor fuels the fight in #Myanmar. Childcare, #farming, even survival itself become #political. #FeministReads Discover the untold side of #revolution: ow.ly/r6K450Wlpai
What happens when #history gets reimagined to serve #politics ? PERSISTENT ILLUSIONS by Nóra Veszprémi uncovers how images of the past shaped #Hungary ’s future in the interwar years. The pictures may be old but the ideas? Still with us. See more here: ow.ly/hAC650Wlp8Z
Michael Ansara, author of THE HARD WORK OF HOPE, discusses lessons we can learn from the #CivilRights and anti-Vietnam War movements--and what's different now. @MichaelAnsara #NewBooks See this book: ow.ly/fnVJ50Wn6sR Watch @TheCaseMade now: ow.ly/OG9g50Wn6sS

History, #power, myth and more. RADIANCES by Ernst Kantorowicz reveals unpublished essays from one of the greatest historical minds of the twentieth century. Coronations, icons, postage stamps. You’ll never look at #history the same way. Read more here: ow.ly/VxGb50Wlp7L
WISDOM FROM THE EDGE by Paul Stroller describes what #anthropologists can do to contribute to the social and cultural changes that shape a social future of wellbeing and viability. See this book: ow.ly/GrMZ50Wn6iz Read in @SociologyDoing: ow.ly/oUoc50Wn6iy