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The following is an excerpt from Why Labor Unions Matter and shows historical examples—from industrial strikes to the 2006 “Day Without Immigrants” and the 2026 Minneapolis general strike—that when workers actually stop work and disrupt eco...

Award-winning biographer George Hutchinson explores the life and legacy of Jean Toomer, the visionary author of Cane, whose refusal to accept fixed racial labels shaped both his work and his lifelong search for a new American identity. The conversation examines how racism influenced Toomer’s personal and creative life, why Cane transformed American literatur...

In this episode of the Yale University Press podcast, we talk to Ramey Mize, who curated the exhibition Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher at the Portland Museum of Art in Maine.

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This Women in Translation Month, we celebrate women writers and translators who open the world of literature, allowing stories, ideas, and voices to cross linguistic and cultural boundaries. Explore a selection of our recently published books from around the world, including titles from

In On Statesmanship, Steven B. Smith argues that great statesmen are not just political leaders—they are educators who shape a nation’s identity through language, history, and moral vision. Developing future leaders requires a renewed emphasis on civic education rooted in literature, philosophy, history, and the study of great leaders, rather than an overreliance on ...