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Two groundbreaking sociologists explore the way the American dream is built on the backs of working poor womenMany Americans take comfort and convenience for granted. We eat at nice restaurants, order groceries online, and hire nannies to care for kids.Getting Me Cheap is a riveting portrait of the lives of the low-wage workersprimarily womenwho make this lifestyle possible. Sociologists Lisa Dodson and Amanda Freeman follow women in the food, health care, home care, and other low-wage industries as they struggle to balance mothering with bad jobs and without public aid. While these women tend to the needs of well-off families, their own children frequently step into premature adult roles, providing care for siblings and aging family members.Based on years of in-depth field work and hundreds of eye-opening interviews, Getting Me Cheap explores how America traps millions of women and their children into lives of stunted opportunity and poverty in service of giving others of us the lives we seek. Destined to rank with works like Evicted and Nickle and Dimed for its revelatory glimpse into how our society functions behind the scenes, Getting Me Cheap also offers a way forwardwith both policy solutions and a keen moral vision for organizing women across class lines.

An eye-opening look at how America's elite colleges and suburbs help keep the rich richmaking it harder than ever to fight the inequality dividing us todayThe front-page news and the trials that followed Operation Varsity Blues were just the tip of the iceberg. Poison Ivy tells the bigger, seedier story of how elite colleges create paths to admission available only to the wealthy, despite rhetoric to the contrary. Evan Mandery reveals how tacit agreements between exclusive ';Ivy-plus' schools and white affluent suburbs create widespread de facto segregation. And as a college degree continues to be the surest route to upward mobility, the inequality bred in our broken higher education system is now a principal driver of skyrocketing income inequality everywhere.Manderya professor at a public college that serves low- and middle-income studentscontrasts the lip service paid to ';opportunity' by so many elite colleges and universities with schools that actually walk the walk. Weaving in shocking data and captivating interviews with students and administrators alike, Poison Ivy also synthesizes fascinating insider information on everything from how students are evaluated, unfair tax breaks, and questionable fundraising practices to suburban rituals, testing, tutoring, tuition schemes, and more. This bold, provocative indictment of America's elite colleges shows us what's at stake in a faulty systemand what will be possible if we muster the collective will to transform it.

"A history of the uprisings and protests in Washington, D.C., following the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968"--

A ';compelling and shocking account' of a brutal campaign of repression in Latin America, based on interviews and previously secret documents (The Miami Herald). Throughout the 1970s, six Latin American governments, led by Chile, formed a military alliance called Operation Condor to carry out kidnappings, torture, and political assassinations across three continents. It was an early ';war on terror' initially encouraged by the CIAwhich later backfired on the United States. Hailed byForeign Affairsas ';remarkable' and ';a major contribution to the historical record,'The Condor Yearsuncovers the unsettling facts about the secret US relationship with the dictators who created this terrorist organization. Written by award-winning journalist John Dinges and updated to include later developments in the prosecution of Pinochet, the book is a chilling yet dispassionately told history of one of Latin America's darkest eras. Dinges, himself interrogated in a Chilean torture camp, interviewed participants on both sides and examined thousands of previously secret documents to take the reader inside this underground world of military operatives and diplomats, right-wing spies and left-wing revolutionaries. ';Scrupulous, well-documented.' The Washington Post ';Nobody knows what went wrong inside Chile like John Dinges.' Seymour Hersh

A trenchant analysis of how public education is being destroyed in overt and deceptive waysand how to fight back';There's no more time for tinkering around the edges.' Betsy DeVos, 2018 ';Rethink School' tourBetsy DeVos may be the most prominent face of the push to dismantle public education, but she is in fact part of a large movement that's been steadily gaining power and notching progress for decadesamassing funds, honing their messaging, and crafting policies. While support for public education today is stronger than ever, the movement to save our schools remains fragmented, variable, and voluntary. Meanwhile, those set on destroying this beloved institution are unified, patient, and well-resourced.In A Wolf at the Schoolhouse Door, Jennifer Berkshire and Jack Schneider, co-hosts of the popular education podcast Have You Heard, lay out the increasingly potent network of conservative elected officials, advocacy groups, funders, and think tanks that have aligned behind a radical vision to unmake public education. They describe the dogma underpinning the work of the dismantlers and how it fits into the current political context, giving readers an up-close look at the policiesschool vouchers, the war on teachers' unions, tax credit scholarships, virtual schools, and moredriving the movement's agenda. Finally they look forward, surveying the world the dismantlers threaten to build.As teachers from coast to coast mobilize with renewed vigor, this smart, essential book sounds an alarm, one that should incite a public reckoning on behalf of the millions of families served by the American educational systemand many more who stand to suffer from its unmaking.

Instant New York Times Bestseller MSNBC legal commentator Elie Mystal thinks that Republicans are wrong about the law almost all of the time. Now, instead of talking about this on cable news, Mystal explains why in his first book.“After reading Allow Me to Retort, I want Elie Mystal to explain everything I don’t understand—quantum astrophysics, the infield fly rule, why people think Bob Dylan is a good singer . . .” —Michael Harriot, The Root Allow Me to Retort is an easily digestible argument about what rights we have, what rights Republicans are trying to take away, and how to stop them. Mystal explains how to protect the rights of women and people of color instead of cowering to the absolutism of gun owners and bigots. He explains the legal way to stop everything from police brutality to political gerrymandering, just by changing a few judges and justices. He strips out all of the fancy jargon conservatives like to hide behind and lays bare the truth of their project to keep America forever tethered to its slaveholding past. Mystal brings his trademark humor, expertise, and rhetorical flair to explain concepts like substantive due process and the right for the LGBTQ community to buy a cake, and to arm readers with the knowledge to defend themselves against conservatives who want everybody to live under the yoke of eighteenth-century white men. The same tactics Mystal uses to defend the idea of a fair and equal society on MSNBC and CNN are in this book, for anybody who wants to deploy them on social media. You don’t need to be a legal scholar to understand your own rights. You don’t need to accept the “whites only” theory of equality pushed by conservative judges. You can read this book to understand that the Constitution is trash, but doesn’t have to be.

An inside look at the organizers and artists on the front lines of political mobilization and social change“Ken [Grossinger] is one of the smartest strategists I know.â€? ‿John Sweeney, AFL-CIO president, 1995‿2009 An artist‿s mural of George Floyd becomes an emblem of a renewed movement for racial equality. A documentary film injects fuel into a popular mobilization to oust a Central American dictator. Freedom songs course through the American civil rights movement. When artists and organizers combine forces, new forms of political mobilization follow‿which shape lasting social change. And yet few people appreciate how much deliberate strategy often propels this vital social change work. Behind the scenes, artists, organizers, political activists, and philanthropists have worked together to hone powerful strategies for achieving the world we want and the world we need. In Art Works, noted movement leader Ken Grossinger chronicles these efforts for the first time, distilling lessons and insights from grassroots leaders and luminaries such as Ai Weiwei, Courtland Cox, Jackson Browne, Shepard Fairey, Jane Fonda, Elizabeth Alexander, Bill McKibben, JR, Jose Antonio Vargas, and more. Drawing from historical and present-day examples‿including Black Lives Matter, Standing Rock, the Hip Hop Caucus, the Legacy Museum, and the Art for Justice Fund‿Grossinger offers a rich tapestry of tactics and successes that speak directly to the challenges and needs of today‿s activists and of these political times.

An original argument that environmental sustainability has been co-opted by the urban elite, along with examples from around the world of ways we can save our planetWith more urban residents interested in living sustainably, we have seen the emergence of a green-tech service economy premised around a kind of "lifestyle environmentalism." Concerns over sustainability have been co-opted to sell a high-tech urban lifestyle, causing cities to become more unequal and unsustainable, cementing the elite's status, and excluding the working class, racial minorities, and women. Focusing on what they term the "sustainability class"-a woke and wealthy set of urbanites convinced that sustainability can be achieved through individual actions, green and "smart" development, and technological efficiency-authors Vijay Kolinjivadi and Aaron Vansintjan challenge many of the popular ideas about saving the planet. It is actually the approach of the sustainability class itself, the authors argue, that is unsustainable; improving eco-efficiency within a capitalist, growth-oriented system will neither save us nor lead to true sustainability. Vivid and conversational but also challenging, The Sustainability Class explores how, from Los Angeles to Hanoi, and from Google's "smart city" in Toronto to Abu Dhabi, investors all over the world are rushing to capitalize on going green. By contrast, using real-world examples of housing and energy strategies, food production, transport, tourism, and waste management, they show how ordinary people around the world are truly building a more ecological future through collective organization in their everyday lives. In doing so, they reclaim ecology and true sustainability for everyone, so it is no longer just the domain of an elite who seek to devise more sophisticated ways to shift the costs of their "greener than thou" lifestyles onto the rest of us.

An eye-opening look at “participatory defense,” the innovative practice that allows the loved ones of those charged with crimes to help influence the outcome of court cases, by the MacArthur Award–winning activistThe courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a place of powerlessness for those facing criminal charges, their families, and their communities. But the courthouse can also be an important site of resistance, a place where Americans affected by incarceration can become agents of change—even though they are not lawyers or judges. Writing for those new to activism and seasoned organizers alike, celebrated criminal justice advocate Raj Jayadev provides a comprehensive introduction to participatory defense, the incredibly effective community organizing model that leads to better outcomes for criminal cases, shifting power in courtrooms along the way.In lively, accessible prose, Jayadev presents remarkable stories from organizers across the country who demonstrate how participatory defense has led to acquittals, dismissed and reduced charges, and prevented lengthy prison sentences. Lifting up a radical vision of community intervention, Protect Your People also addresses bail hearings, deportation cases, and youth threatened with transfer to adult court, showing that real change is possible when ordinary people step into America’s courtrooms and get involved.

Follows the story of Charisma, a Black high school student grappling with mounting pressures from home and school, and when frustrations with her family intersect with a conflict at school, she reaches a crossroads, facing a choice that could change her future.

"A groundbreaking collective work of history by a group of incarcerated scholars that resurrects the lost truth about the first women's prison"--

"A legendary lawyer and a legal scholar reveal the structural failures that undermine justice in our criminal courts. The Fear of Too Much Justice offers a timely, trenchant, firsthand critique of our criminal courts and points the way toward a more just future"--

From a world-renowned expert on creative play and the impact of commercial marketing on children, a timely investigation into how big tech is hijacking childhoodand what we can do about itEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, digital technologies had become deeply embedded in children's lives, despite a growing body of research detailing the harms of excessive immersion in the unregulated, powerfully seductive, profit-driven world of the ';kid-tech' industry.In Who's Raising the Kids? Linnone of the world's leading experts on the impact of Big Tech and big business on childrenexplores the roots and consequences of this monumental shift toward a digitized, commercialized childhood, focusing on kids' values, relationships, and learning. From birth, kids have become lucrative fodder for a range of tech, media, and toy companies, from producers of exploitative games and social media platforms to ';educational' technology and branded school curricula of dubious efficacy. Noting that many Silicon Valley elites wouldn't dream of exposing their young kids to the very technologies they've unleashed on other people's children, Who's Raising the Kids? is uniquea highly readable social critique and guide to protecting kids from exploitation by the tech, toy, and entertainment industries. Linn provides a deep and eye-opening dive into exactly how new technologies enable huge conglomerates to transform young children into lifelong consumers by infiltrating their lives and influencing their values, relationships and learning. She persuasively argues that our digitized-commercialized culture is damaging for kids and families as well as society at large, and maps out what we must do to change course.Written with humor and compassion, the book concludes with two hopeful chapters';Resistance Parenting' and ';Making a Difference for Everybody's Kids'that chart a path for protecting kids from targeting by the tech, toy, and entertainment industries that treat them as lucrative bundles of data and as mini-consumers ripe for exploitation rather than as the children they need to be.

Kaba's Sales Track Record: Kaba's We Do This 'til We Free Us was published in February 2021 by Haymarket, is a New York Times bestseller, and to date has sold 27,500 copies.Platform: Mariame Kaba has 141k twitter followers, tweets regularly, and is known as one of the leading prison and police abolitionists of our time; Andrea Ritchie has 14k twitter followers. A number of books will be published later this year that cover some of the same material from similarly respected and renowned abolitionists, including Ruth Wilson Gilmore's Change Everything (June 2021) and Derecka Purnell's Becoming Abolitionists (October 2021), but Kaba's platform far exceeds these authors. Both Kaba and Ricthie have essays in the forthcoming Abolition for the People (October 2021), the anthology edited by Colin Kaepernick.Credentials: Kaba is the recipient of the 2020 Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center's 2019 Visionary Voice Award, 2017 Peace Award by War Resisters League, a 2016 SOROS Justice Fellowship, and a 2016 AERA Ella Baker/Septima Clark Human Rights Award. She was listed in the 2018 Bitch 50 and Essence Magazine's 2018 #Woke100.Ritchie was a 2014 Senior Soros Justice Fellow, has testified before the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, the White House Council on Women and Girls, the Prison Rape Elimination Commission, and is a member of the Movement for Black Lives Policy Table, and was a founding member of the Steering Committee of New York City's Communities United for Police Reform.Blurbs/endorsements: Both authors' previous books boast blurbs from virtually every major Black intellectual or high-profile activist, including Michelle Alexander, Dorothy Roberts, Barbara Ransby, Robin D. G. Kelley, Rashad Robinson, Opal Tometi, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Charlene A. Carruthers, Beth Richie, and Mychal Denzel Smith. We expect a similar response to this book.Anniversary: The book will publish at approximately the two-year anniversary of George Floyd's death, and media retrospectives are expected.

Two leading figures from the world of finance show how progressives can take their money away from conservative financial institutions and put it to good, lasting social useThe U.S. financial system may be working for some people, but it isn't working for most of us who care about progressive causes. In fact, our financial system taps your money to pay for a conservative agenda. It's a heads-they-win, tails-you-lose game when the fees you pay to use your credit card finance fossil fuels even when you buy green products. Conservative "e;money muscle"e; shapes our culture, society, politics, and public policy.In this bold call to action, two leaders from the world of progressive finance propose a strategy to challenge this conservative dominance of the financial sector: organized progressive money. It's a $10 trillion plan for a full- service, market-scale progressive financial system. Mestrich and Pinsky explain how progressives can take control with financial institutions of their own and products that align with progressive values.Organized Money warns that until progressives organize their money, they will lose again and again while conservatives will keep winning. It's a crucial message for the next progressive era, starting with the make-or-break 2020 election cycle, where American voters will be presented with a choice between conservative market fundamentalism that leaves them out or inclusive restorative capitalism that is good for people as well as profits.Written in clear, engaging prose for non- financial readers and finance leaders alike, Organized Money is required reading for everyone ready to confront the excesses of conservative power and influence.

"e;This is what we know, and we know it better than anyone else."e; -from the introduction by Vivian Nixon and Daryl V. AtkinsonA thoughtful and surprising cornucopia of ideas for improving America's criminal justice system, from those most impacted by itWhen The New Press, the Center for American Progress, and the Formerly Incarcerated and Convicted Peoples and Family Movement issued a call for innovative reform ideas, over three hundred currently and formerly incarcerated individuals responded. What We Know collects two dozen of their best suggestions, each of which proposes a policy solution derived from their own lived experience.Ideas run the gamut: A man serving time in Indiana argues for a Prison Labor Standards Act, calling for us to reject prison slavery. A Nebraska man who served a federal prison term for white-collar crimes suggests offering courses in entrepreneurship as a way to break down barriers to employment for people returning from incarceration. A woman serving a life sentence in Georgia spells out a system of earned privileges that could increase safety and decrease stress inside prison. And a man serving a twenty-five-year term for a crime he committed at age fifteen advocates powerfully for eliminating existing financial incentives to charge youths as adults.With contributors including nationally known formerly incarcerated leaders in justice reform, twenty-three justice-involved individuals add a perspective that is too often left out of national reform conversations.

The 233-year story of how the American people have taken an imperfect constitutionthe product of compromises and an artifact of its timeand made it more democraticWho wrote the Constitution? That's obvious, we think: fifty-five men in Philadelphia in 1787. But much of the Constitution was actually written later, in a series of twenty-seven amendments enacted over the course of two centuries. The real history of the Constitution is the astonishing story of how subsequent generations have reshaped our founding document amid some of the most colorful, contested, and controversial battles in American political life. It's a story of how We the People have improved our government's structure and expanded the scope of our democracy during eras of transformational social change.The People's Constitution is an elegant, sobering, and masterly account of the evolution of American democracy.From the addition of the Bill of Rights, a promise made to save the Constitution from near certain defeat, to the postCivil War battle over the Fourteenth Amendment, from the rise and fall of the ';noble experiment' of Prohibition to the defeat and resurgence of an Equal Rights Amendment a century in the making, The People's Constitution is the first book of its kind: a vital guide to America's national charter, and an alternative history of the continuing struggle to realize the Framers' promise of a more perfect union.

Today's leading economists weigh in with a new "e;dashboard"e; of metrics for measuring our economic and social health"e;What we measure affects what we do. If we focus only on material well-being-on, say, the production of goods, rather than on health, education, and the environment-we become distorted in the same way that these measures are distorted."e;-Joseph E. StiglitzA consensus has emerged among key experts that our conventional economic measures are out of sync with how most people live their lives. GDP, they argue, is a poor and outmoded measure of our well-being.The global movement to move beyond GDP has attracted some of the world's leading economists, statisticians, and social thinkers who have worked collectively to articulate new approaches to measuring economic well-being and social progress. In the decade since the 2008 economic crisis, these experts have come together to determine what indicators can actually tell us about people's lives.In the first book of its kind, leading economists from around the world, including Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Elizabeth Beasely, Jacob Hacker, Franois Bourguignon, Nora Lustig, Alan B. Krueger, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, describe a range of fascinating metrics-from economic insecurity and environmental sustainability to inequality of opportunity and levels of trust and resilience-that can be used to supplement the simplistic measure of gross domestic product, providing a far more nuanced and accurate account of societal health and well-being.This groundbreaking volume is sure to provide a major source of ideas and inspiration for one of the most important intellectual movements of our time.

A stunning collection of photographs of the LGBTQ community in Thailand, from one of the world's most renowned photographersSteve McCurry is the artist behind some of the most iconic images in contemporary photography. His 1984 portrait of Sharbat Gula (';the Afghan girl') on the cover of National Geographic remains widely recognized to this day. Now McCurry turns his attention to Thailand as part of a series of photobooks on LGBTQ communities around the world.Thailand has long had the reputation as one of the most gay-friendly destinations in Asia, particularly Bangkok with its nightlife and its relative openness and safety. While this may be true for tourists and expats, the idea of Thailand as a haven for LGBTQ people and for same-sex couples, heavily promoted by the tourist industry, does not necessarily extend to Thais themselves. While Thailand is home to the largest LGBTQ communities in Asia, the reality for them is less accepting. Discrimination and exclusion targeting LGBTQ people continues despite a nominally progressive stance on inclusion, and same-sex marriage remains illegal.Against this backdrop, McCurry's lushly colored photographs take us into the vibrant LGBTQ community in Bangkok, and this beautifully packaged, affordably priced book gives us a series of close to one hundred moving and intimate portraits of people who are no longer welcome in the community in which they grew up, but who have forged a new life and a new meaning of family in the queer community.Belonging was designed by Emerson, Wajdowicz Studios (EWS).

The inspiring story of worker centers that are cropping up across the country and leading the fight for today's workersFor over 60 million people, work in America has been a story of declining wages, insecurity, and unsafe conditions, especially amid the coronavirus epidemic. This new and troubling reality has galvanized media and policymakers, but all the while a different and little-known story of rebirth and struggle has percolated just below the surface.On the Job is the first account of a new kind of labor movement, one that is happening locally, quietly, and among our country's most vulnerable-but essential-workers. Noted public health expert Celeste Monforton and award-winning journalist Jane M. Von Bergen crisscrossed the country, speaking with workers of all backgrounds and uncovering the stories of hundreds of new, worker-led organizations (often simply called worker centers) that have successfully achieved higher wages, safer working conditions and on-the-job dignity for their members.On the Job describes ordinary people finding their voice and challenging power: from housekeepers in Chicago and Houston; to poultry workers in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Springdale, Arkansas; and construction workers across the state of Texas. An inspiring book for dark times, On the Job reveals that labor activism is actually alive and growing-and holds the key to a different future for all working people.

The complete riveting transcript of the historic case against the president for igniting the January 6 siege of the CapitolProsecution of an Insurrection is the complete, riveting transcript of the historic case against President Donald J. Trump for igniting the January 6 siege of the Capitol. Following the norm-shattering attempt by his followers to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power, the second impeachment trial of the president seared a new lexicon into our collective consciousness and marked a watershed moment in American history. The case, presented to the Senate by impeachment managers from the House, marked a bravura performance by members of Congress who were themselves the targets of the rioters incited by the president only days earlier.Citizens disturbed by the events of January 2021 and Republican attempts to rewrite history will find in these pages the most authoritative record of one of our democracys darkest hours, including: The official articles of impeachment against the president for incitement of an insurrection The response of President Trump to the articles of impeachment, on behalf of the House defense lawyers The complete trial transcript, including the full text of the arguments made by the House representatives and the full text of the presidents defense Headshots from the trial of all nine House impeachment managers in action, including lead manager Representative Jamie Raskin, as well as all three House defense lawyers Photographs, timelines, and screenshots of tweets entered as evidence, as well as stills from the videos presentedProsecution of an Insurrection preserves for posterity an episode that ranks with the McCarthy hearings, Watergate, and the Iran-Contra investigation for its importance in American political history.

New Press track record with Zinn: The abridged version of A People's History of the United States, published by The New Press, has sold over 117,000 copies.Based on a bestselling, classic work of history: A People's History of the United States has sold over 2 million copies and continues to be one of the most successful history books of all time. Even in death, Howard Zinn remains one of America's most popular and beloved historians. His A People's History of the United States is part of the cultural fabric of the nation and features regularly in films, TV shows and in print media.Major anniversary: The book will publish on August 2, 2022, in anticipation of Zinn's 100th birthday on August 24. Major publications are sure to be doing retrospectives on Zinn's work during this month and the book will tie in perfectly.New, compelling package: We will publish the paperback with an inviting cover illustration of the young Zinn to appeal to a younger audience. Reader feedback indicated enthusiasm for the work as an "introduction to Zinn," and positioning will reflect that.Connections to education orgs: Teaching for Change, the Zinn Education Project, and HowardZinn.org are all excited to spread the word about the paperback edition of Truth Has a Power of Its Own.Media opportunities: As a host of World Affairs, Ray Suarez is well-connected to the world of radio and will be able to speak on the book. He appeared on "On Contact" with Chris Hedges to promote the hardcover edition.

Here, from a brilliant young writer, is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movementthe idea of the Third World. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the twentieth century attempt to knit together the worlds impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II.Spanning every continent of the global South, Vijay Prashads fascinating narrative takes us from the birth of postcolonial nations after World War II to the downfall and corruption of nationalist regimes. A breakthrough book of cutting-edge scholarship, it includes vivid portraits of Third World giants like Indias Nehru, Egypts Nasser, and Indonesias Sukarnoas well as scores of extraordinary but now-forgotten intellectuals, artists, and freedom fighters. The Darker Nations restores to memory the vibrant though flawed idea of the Third World, whose demise, Prashad ultimately argues, has produced a much impoverished international political arena.

Successful format: Other New Press documents books, including The Pinochet File (over 15K copies sold), The Kissinger Transcripts (over 12K copies sold), White House Email (over 11K copies sold) and Bay of Pigs Declassified (over 9K copies sold) have reached wide general readerships.Major anniversary: Will publish as nation grapples with anniversary of the worst U.S. military defeat since Vietnam, positioning author as important commentator on the causes of the debacle.Unique, accessible package: Unlike long-form nonfiction narratives of Afghanistan, this is a short, digestible account for general readers, cleverly designed and formatted for maximum impact.Respected experts: The National Security Archive is considered the go-to source on government secrecy and American foreign policy. Author Tom Banton is widely quoted in the mainstream media and has extensive on-air media experience.Key institutional collaboration: The New Press and the National Security Archive are longtime collaborators and will combine forces for a major national media push.

Groundbreaking concept: Based on a new report that caused a lot of buzz, called The Power of Parsimony. "Parsimony" is coming into the language, as in this October 2021 New York Times op-ed by Khalil Gibran Muhammad.Prestigious Contributors: Including Matthew Desmond, Patrick Sharkey, Judge Nancy Gertner, Tracey Meares, Danielle Sered, and more.Editor reputations: Travis and Western are among the best-known and most respected people working on American criminal justice reform (Travis was president of John Jay College of Criminal justice, among other relevant positions). Travis has been praised by Richard M. Aborn, president of the Citizens Crime Commission, as well as former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton. Every person working in the space-on both sides of the aisle-will want this book. Institutional Support: Will be published in partnership with The Square One Project, which will help promote, as will Arnold Ventures and the MacArthur Foundation, which has funded the book.Author sales track: Jeremy Travis' previous book, But They All Come Back, has sold 4-5000 copies, per Rowman and Littlefield's sales (publisher has since gone out of business and exact figure is not available).