“I fear that we are in the midst of seeing a lost generation of Black students at these elite schools” Justin Driver author of THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION joins Stay Tuned with @preetbharara.bsky.social to explore the history & future of equality in higher ed 🎓 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

“A gripping look at the hidden infrastructure that binds the modern world—and the chaos that follows when it snaps.” Kirkus reviews @samanthsubramanian.bsky.social’s THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES, on sale next week (and available for preorder now)! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

“I really do believe that we are in the midst of seeing, or perhaps more accurately, not seeing a lost generation of Black students at elite colleges.” 🎧 Justin Driver joined @dividedargument.bsky.social to talk about his new book THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

TODAY with @nysean.bsky.social! 3:30pm ET in-person & livestream 👇

“I always try to read the best arguments for the opposing point of view, & Driver’s arguments in favor of affirmative action are the best I’ve read” @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social on THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION by Justin Driver, in his latest @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...

Don't miss this excerpt from Samanth Subramanian's forthcoming book, THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES in the @theguardian.com Long Read The book is on sale Oct 14 in the US (27 Nov in the UK) but available for preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-we... www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

"It’s a simple recipe, really: a scorching economic message delivered by political outsiders standing up to the powerful." Tim Shenk, author of LEFT ADRIFT: What Happened to Liberal Politics, on the future of Democratic Party politics for @nytopinion.nytimes.com ⬇️ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/o...

“Why Live, animated by the Epstein’s clear passion, presents a stimulating introduction to a timeless topic.” @wsj.com reviews Helen C. Epstein’s WHY LIVE www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

“Because universities are understood to be forbidden from accessing racial data, black applicants are overwhelmingly incentivized to write essays that sound in racial woe.” Don’t miss Justin Driver, author of THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, on Advisory Opinions👇 thedispatch.com/podcast/advi...

📢 Coming this January from CGR: THE TRIANGLE OF POWER: Rebalancing the New World Order, by Finland's president, Alexander Stubb On sale Jan 13, 2026 in the US (and the same day in the UK with @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social!) learn more & preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-tr...

Coming up next week! Join Yale Law professor Justin Driver at Politics and Prose for a conversation about his new book, THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 🗓️ Thursday, September 25 / 7pm 📍Politics and Prose, Conn Ave Learn more--> https://politics-prose.com/justin-driver

In 2023, the Supreme Court killed affirmative action in SFFA v. Harvard. With THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, Yale Law professor Justin Driver considers new paths for inclusion and equity in college admissions. on sale now! https://globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fall-of-affirmative-action

In his new book, the Yale law professor says colleges still have a “panoply” of options to recruit diverse student bodies within the confines of the Supreme Court ruling.

Tonight in St. Louis! Join Justin Driver at @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social for a conversation about his new book THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (on sale today!) 🗓️ 9/16 TONIGHT, 7pm 📍SLCL Clark Family Branch learn more--> https://www.slcl.org/events/justin-driver

“Justin Driver’s compact and insightful new book appears at a time when the government’s approach to discrimination has shifted dramatically.” @nytimes.com reviews Justin Driver’s THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION (on sale today!) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/b...

Happy pub day to Justin Driver’s THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Race, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Higher Education “Without exception, the single best volume in the library of books about affirmative action” —Randall Kennedy get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-fa...

Happy pub day to WHY LIVE: How Suicide Becomes an Epidemic What causes suicide epidemics—and how can we prevent them? In WHY LIVE, public health researcher Helen C. Epstein travels the world to find the answer. Get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-live

“I think that the nation has a lot of profound troubles right now. Too many Black students on elite college campuses is not among them.” Justin Driver joined the Strict Scrutiny podcast to talk about his forthcoming book THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Looking forward to talking about music & Thailand with an ideal person to compare ideas with on this topic: @burrata.bsky.social , Oct 3 at 3:30 Eastern time, at NYU www.nysean.org/events/songs... (online option cc @xunlingau.bsky.social @columbiagr.bsky.social )

We've started the post-Labor Day week off strong in the CGR office! Early copies of THE WEB BENEATH THE WAVES: The Fragile Cables that Connect our World, by journalist Samanth Subramanian. 🛜 On sale Oct 14, but you can preorder right now: globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-we...

THE FALL OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION is a masterpiece. Driver has written an unflinchingly fair, absolutely brilliant analysis of a vital issue you might think you understand but almost certainly don’t. Read it if you care about America’s future: tinyurl.com/4uznd4cc

I've given talks about my new @columbiagr.bsky.social book at various places (including in Culver City at @wendemuseum.bsky.social), but this October 20 dual book launch with Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow at @ucirvine.bsky.social will be my first in Orange County www.humanities.uci.edu/events/art-i...

"We've gone in so quickly with so few guardrails protecting people that I think we might be causing unnecessary harm with our new addition to gambling." Jonathan Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, joined CNBC's Squawk Box to talk about the risky rise of online sports betting www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...

What causes suicide epidemics—and how can we prevent them? In WHY LIVE: How Suicide Becomes an Epidemic, public health researcher Helen C. Epstein travels the world to find the answer. on sale 9/9 but you can preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-li...

"What makes sports gambling today so fun is the seamlessness, the app design, the endless menu of betting options, mimicking the endless scroll phenomenon of social media." 🎧Jonathan Cohen joined Sean Illing on The Gray Area podcast to talk about LOSING BIG podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

Link to today’s segment of “The World” with me about my new @columbiagr.bsky.social book theworld.org/segments/202...

"They're not actually providing a legal alternative to an illegal product. What they are doing is providing at outlet for someone's addiction" 🎧ICYMI: Jonathan Cohen author of LOSING BIG, on the risks of sports betting on @globeopinion.bsky.social's Say More podcast open.spotify.com/episode/2ksq...

"We're in a situation where we're going to have to go back and clean up this mess that we made because of the rush to jump headlong into sports gambling." Jonathan Cohen, author of LOSING BIG, joined The Gist to talk about the risks of online sports gambling open.spotify.com/episode/2BRC...

Now reading: @jwassers.bsky.social’s transnational study of young activists in Southeast Asia — Thailand, Hong Kong, and Burma. Happy to see Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal featured as one of the key figures in this moving story of courage, will, and hope. globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-mi...

👇 Nice to see this recommendation for my @columbiagr.bsky.social book globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-mi...

👇 my talk tomorrow, will be my first talk in San Francisco since my @cwclub.bsky.social Feb 2020 launch event for Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (my new @columbiagr.bsky.social book is a sequel of sorts that brings in Thailand and Burma)

⭐New in the CGR office! Early copies of WHY LIVE: How Suicide Becomes an Epidemic, by public health researcher Helen C. Epstein On sale September 9, but available for preorder now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/why-li...

“A concise, engaging, and ultimately inspiring portrait of three young activists ... a compelling testament to the power of courage, and the importance of continuing to hope against hope” @newstatesman.com reviews @jwassers.bsky.social’s THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

Join Dissent in San Francisco next Wednesday, July 30, for a conversation with @jwassers.bsky.social. www.dissentmagazine.org/blog/san-fra...

We love to see @jwassers.bsky.social's THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE included on @chinabksreview.bsky.social's list of books to read!

Excellent review essay by Linda Jaivin on new books on themes of resistance and repression, very glad to see my latest @columbiagr.bsky.social book on East & Southeast Asian youth movements get thoughtful attention in it insidestory.org.au/how-to-resis...

My new @columbiagr.bsky.social book, which focuses on some extraordinary young activists in Bangkok & exiles from Hong Kong & Burma, comes out in the UK in a week this video of the L.A. launch event gives a good feel for it m.youtube.com/watch?v=a2-H... cc @newlinesmag.bsky.social @lrb.co.uk

🗓️ Coming up: Join @jwassers.bsky.social for a conversation about his new book, The Milk Tea Alliance Thurs. 7/30, 5:30pm PT at @cwclub.bsky.social San Francisco Don't miss out! Get your tickets now ⤵️ www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...

The lovely folks over at @bookshop.org are having a sale this week, too, so you can support @columbiagr.bsky.social while also supporting indie bookstores! bookshop.org/shop/CGR

Next events I'll do on my new @columbiagr.bsky.social book will be in the Bay Area, with an event at Hoover in Palo Alto on July 29 at 4pm with Glenn Tiffert moderating then one at @cwclub.bsky.social in SF on July 30, with Kalidip Choudhury moderating www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2025-...

New online: Ross Perlin interviews @jwassers.bsky.social about his new book, The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing. www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Next up for @jwassers.bsky.social and THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE: the West Coast book launch at @wendemuseum.bsky.social in LA Saturday, June 28, 2-4pm / in conversation with Sasha Razor Register now! ⤵️ wendemuseum.org/event/the-mi...

thediplomat.com/2025/06/insi... —great to have a chance to do an interview about my new book with Sebastian Strangio, who has done such insightful reporting on Southeast Asia over the years & have our exchange run in @thediplomat.com, a publication I rate highly (& appear with such a nice graphic)

Last Friday afternoon in DC, I got a chance to share a stage w/ @eosnos.bsky.social (always a pleasure) to talk about my new book on resistance and repression in Asia and many other subjects, from our past collaborations to the challenges of writing about Xi Jinping www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Next book event, June 28, in Culver City at @wendemuseum.bsky.social dev.wendemuseum.org/event/the-mi...

Video up of my Milk Tea Alliance pub day event at JF Books (the reborn in DC version of Shanghai's legendary Jifeng Books, which I visited often in the 2010s)-- www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClrR... . (For a sense of why JF Books is so special, see this by Amy Hawkins www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d... )

Congratulations to @jwassers.bsky.social for the release of his book THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE which looks at solidarity across protests movements from East Asia to Southeast Asia. From @columbiagr.bsky.social:

Looking forward to my first National Press Club event on Thursday, a talk about resistance, resilience, and repression in the 2010s & 2020s in Hong Kong, Thailand, & Burma www.press.org/events/npc-h...

Happy pub date to THE MILK TEA ALLIANCE: Inside Asia’s Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing In his new book, historian Jeffrey Wasserstrom explores the sense of connection between pro-activists throughout Southeast Asia. 📢 get your copy now--> globalreports.columbia.edu/books/the-mi...

China-related event news: In DC on June 13th, I'll be asking the questions in a conversation with @jwassers.bsky.social, talking about China, access for research, and his fascinating new book "The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy and Beijing" Details and location below