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Showcases the role HBCUs play in empowering Black students, fostering economic development, building community, and mentoring leaders and activists. Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) play a pivotal role in promoting social and economic mobility for African Americans and in mentoring the next generation of Black leaders. In HBCU, Marybeth Gasman and Levon T. Esters explore the remarkable impact and contributions of these significant institutions. Through inspiring personal stories and extensive research, Gasman and Esters showcase how HBCUs have mentored generations of leaders and scholars, fostering a collaborative culture of success and empowerment. These schools shape and propel Black students into leadership and intellectual roles where they have a major impact on medicine, literature, law, higher education, art, sports, and business.

Sanctions have enormous consequences. Especially when imposed by a country with the economic influence of the United States, sanctions induce clear shockwaves in both the economy and the political culture of the targeted state, as well as in the everyday lives of its citizens. However, do economic sanctions induce the intended behavioral changes? Do sanctions work as they should? To answer these questions, the authors of "How Sanctions Work" highlight Iran, the country with the most extensive sanctions in the world.

Named a 2024 Southwest Book of the Year. On July 16, 1945, just weeks before the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that brought about the surrender of Japan and the end of World War II, the United States unleashed the world's first atomic bomb at the Trinity testing site located in the remote Tularosa Valley in south-central New Mexico. Immensely more potent than any weapon the world had seen, the bomb's effects on the surrounding and downwind communities of plants, animals, birds, and humans have lasted decades. In "The First Atomic Bomb," Janet Farrell Brodie examines the history of the Trinity test and the contributions of those who have rarely, if ever, been acknowledged — the men and women who constructed, served, and witnessed the first test, as well as the downwinders who suffered the consequences of the radiation.