The New Press
We are an independent, not-for-profit publisher of books to build social change, by authors and activists in criminal justice reform, progressive education, labor and environmental movements, marginalized histories and more. We are proud to publish Michelle Alexander, James W. Loewen, Lisa Delpit, Ai-jen Poo, Arlie Russell Hochschild, Monique Morris, Tressie McMillan Cottom, Paul Butler and many others. It is in independent bookstores like yours where our books and authors find a natural home. Thank you for your support. The New Press is distributed by Two Rivers Distribution, an Ingram brand.
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Fall Titles from The New Press
Digital ARCs available on Edelweiss and Netgalley. Click through any of the covers to see the Edelweiss pages. We can send physical ARCs for these titles and the Fall 2020 list by request. Click on the Fall 2020 button below to see the complete list. Place your orders now with your Two Rivers/Ingram rep!
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We’re offering a free paperback copy of our groundbreaking education books used in the new #1 hit Serial podcast “Nice White Parents,” CUTTING SCHOOL: The Segrenomics of American Education & THE LOST EDUCATION OF HORACE TATE: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes Who Fought for Justice in Schools, to any bookseller who makes an appointment with us. Read more about the books and the series here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/
Michelle Alexander and Paul Butler Discuss ‘Chokehold: Policing Black Men’
In this prescient and urgent 2017 conversation, scholar and MSNBC legal analyst Paul Butler joined Michelle Alexander, civil rights lawyer and author of The New Jim Crow, for a conversation about his latest book, Chokehold: Policing Black Men. As a former federal prosecutor, Butler uses his firsthand experience to demonstrate how the legal system is structured to target and criminalize black men.