February 28, 2026: Alice Rothchild, author of Inspired and Outraged: The Making of a Feminist Physician, wrote an article for CounterPunch entitled, “Welcome to 1984”. She discusses the role of large tech companies in international military and local ICE operations.

Read the full article here.

February 17, 2026: Paloma Pavel, co-author of Random Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty, was interviewed by Hometown Alaska for National Random Acts of Kindness Day.

Listen to the full interview here.

February 13, 2026: Robin Wall Kimmerer, essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, sat down with El Pais. She talks about the ideas behind her latest book, The Serviceberry, including how kindness and giving are acts of resistance in a capitalistic world.

Read the full interview here.

February 12, 2026: Executive producers of the of the prize-winning Sundance film Take Me Home, Ai-jen Poo and Lydia Storie, have launched Give Not Take Media, a production company focused on TV and film projects that touch upon themes of care, aging and disability.

Ai-jen Poo is also an essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Racial Justice.

Read the full article here.

February 8, 2026: David Cortright, essay contributor to Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War, wrote an article for The Guardian about the increasing risk of nuclear war and what we should do to maintain global peace.

Read the article here.

February 6, 2026: In anticipation of the reveal of 2026’s TIME’s Person of the Year, TIME looks back on a special TIME100 Talks episode featuring influential leaders who had a significant impact during 2020. This includes Ai-jen Poo, essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Racial Justice, who talks about the challenges that healthcare workers face and how we need to better protect them.

Watch the episode here.

January 30, 2026: At the University of New England’s Center for Global Humanities, Robert Shetterly spoke at their event called “Art in an Age of Democratic Upheaval.”

The address featured the stories behind Robert’s Americans Who Tell the Truth portraits, some of which are featured in his Americans Who Tell the Truth book series.

Watch the full address here.

January 26, 2026: In a review for published in Somatic Psychotherapy Today, Steph McIsaac, PhD and Senior Writing Consultant at CUNY Graduate Center writes: “Living Toward Justice is a book to read slowly, return to often, and engage with somatically. You may find, as I did, deep inspiration, much-needed reminders of the radical possibilities of embodied practice, and fierce accompaniment in the process.”

Read the full review here.

January 15, 2026: In a review for the upcoming, Letters That Breathe Fire by Margaret Randall, Richard Modiano’s declares it “not merely a book of correspondence; it is a living archive of how literature once moved through the world—slowly, stubbornly, and with moral urgency.”

Read the full review published in the online zine, The Literary Underground, here.

January 19, 2026: At the Mario Benedetti Foundation, Margaret Randall spoke about her life’s work and expanded on the background of her upcoming book, Letters That Breathe Fire. She was then greeted by Carolina Crosse, Vice-President of Uruguay who was in attendance.

Watch a recording of her presentation in Spanish here.

January 13, 2026: Keith Knight, illustrator of the Beginner’s Guide to Community Based Arts, appeared at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History as part of “The Wright Conversations” series in partnership with PBS Books.

Watch the segment here.

January 12, 2026: Diane Wilson, essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, talks about plastic pellets polluting beaches and waterways.

Read the article here.

January 9, 2026: David Cortright, contributor to Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War, co-wrote an article entitled, “No to Wars of Conquest in Venezuela and Beyond.”

Read the article here.

January 8, 2026: Bill McKibben, portrait subject and essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, comments on Trump’s “grotesque Greenland fantasy” in a Raw Story article.

Read and listen to the article here.

January 6, 2026: Bill McKibben, portrait subject and essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, wrote about Trump’s desire to “seize” Greenland on his Substack page, The Crucial Years.

Read the article here.

December 16, 2025: David Cortright, contributor to Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War, co-wrote an article entitled, “The American peace movement we need today.”

Read the article here.

December 15, 2025: After the first People’s Microplastics Conference in Calhoun County, Diane Wilson, earth justice activist and essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, talks to Roxana Rojas about her vision of a plastic-free world.

Read the interview here.

December 12, 2025: An article about the green space transformation of a school district in Rialto, California, mentions Sharon Danks, author of Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation as a source of inspiration. Dank’s non-profit, Green Schoolyards of America is also cited as a great resource.

Read the article here.

December 11, 2025: In honor of dedicated peace activist, Cora Weiss’ passing, The Riverdale Press published an article about her life and peace work. Cora Weiss was a prominent figure in the anti-Vietnam War movement, and also contributed an essay to Waging Peace in Vietnam: US Soldiers and Veterans Who Opposed the War.

Read the article here.

December 9, 2025: Bill McKibben, portrait subject and essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, wrote a “2025 in review” article on climate change for The New Yorker.

Read the article here.

December 4, 2025: In a review of Judy Karofsky’s DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice, for Lilith, Eleanor Bader calls it an “impassioned plea [that] gives face to a growing crisis, one that hits at the heart of feminist concerns like bodily autonomy, and dignity.”

Read the review here.

December 1, 2025: Judy Karofsky, author of DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice, appeared on WORT 89.9 FM’s “Madison BookBeat” alongside Madison District 11 Alder, Bill Tishler. They spoke about the business of growing old and Judy’s memories of her mother’s journey in assisted living.

Listen to the full show here.

November 28, 2025: Ania Hull has written a review of Lucy R. Lippard’s exhibit “Notes from the Radical Whirlwind” for Santa Fe New Mexican’s Pasatiempo.

Read the article here.

November 26, 2025: Sharon Gamson Danks, author of Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation, was recently profiled for Princeton Alumni Weekly. She talks about her Green Schoolyards America project and her passion for environmental reform.

Read the article here.

November 16, 2025: Lucy R. Lippard, author of Stuff: Instead of a Memoir, was interviewed by The Albuquerque Journal about her recent exhibit at the New Mexico Museum of Art’s Vladem Contemporary. She reflects on seeing the art in her life on display and well as the people they represent.

Read the article here.

November 15, 2025: Diane Wilson, essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, has had her environmental justice work against Exxon’s investments in plastic production written about in The Guardian (USA).

Read the full article here. And read The Cool Down’s pick up of it here.

November 8, 2025: Ai-jen Poo, essay contributor for Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Racial Justice, shares her expertise on the issues of caregiving, in an article written by Stacey Lindsay for Maria Shriver’s Sunday Paper.

Read the full article here.

November 7, 2025: In a review by Seth Sandronsky for Counter Punch, DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice by Judy Karofsky is lauded as a “riveting read” and includes “the author’s policy prescriptions for reforming the current elder care delivery system [that] make good sense.”

Read the full review here.

November 5, 2025: Robert Shetterly, author of the Americans Who Tell The Truth series was interviewed by Melinda Tuhus for Between the Lines. He talks about the inspiration behind his portrait series as well as the process of choosing subjects.

Listen to the interview or read the transcript here.

October 27, 2025: Muriel Fox, author of The Women’s Revolution: How We Changed Your Life, comes on to Monica Makes It Happen on PIX11 to talk about her time as a female empowerment leader.

Watch the whole segment here.

October 25, 2025: Leah Penniman, essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, went on A People’s Climate podcast, presented by The Nation, to talk about land-based resistance, food justice and racial equity.

Listen to the episode here.

October 20, 2025: Clare Cooper Marcus, author of the upcoming book, Groundbreaking: The Life of an Academic Trailblazer, Mother, and Gardener, was interviewed on Sustainable Futures, a podcast by the Living Architecture Monitor, a Green Roofs for Healthy Cities publication.

Listen to the episode here.

October 20, 2025: Judy Karofksy, author of DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice, was interviewed on the podcast Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon, her experience in finding care for her elderly mother and what must be done to fix a flawed, profit-centered system.

Listen to the episode here.

October 17, 2025: Robin Wall Kimmerer, an essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, was recently featured in Publisher Weekly’s PW Talks, talking about her first children’s book, and “cultivating agency.”

Read the full interview here.

October 14, 2025: On KUMN’s University Showcase, Margaret Randall was interviewed by Megan Kamerick about her latest Outrider Conversations books Letters from the Edge and More Letters from the Edge and what it means to be a “rebel creative.”

Listen to the episode here.

October 9, 2025: 51%, hosted by Jesse King on WAMC Northeast Public Radio, is a show dedicated to highlighting the perspective of female experts. They invited Barbara Benish to talk about her book ArtMill: A Story of Sustainable Creativity in Bohemia and “creativity under censorship”

Listen to the episode here.

October 7, 2025: Barbara Benish, author of ArtMill: A Story of Sustainable Creativity in Bohemia, penned a short essay on the art of writing that was published in Women Writers, Women[‘s] Books, a platform dedicated to showcasing women writers.

Read the full essay here.

October 1, 2025: An academic book review of Fern Tiger’s Creative Instigation: The Art and Strategy of Authentic Community Engagement, highlights the contents of the books, and where there is room for expansion.

Read the review here.

September 19, 2025: Transformative Territories: Performing Transition through the Arts, is a cooperative project uniting artists from different European countries focused on art and ecology, including Barbara Benish’s ArtMill.

They have published an online feature on Barbara Benish’s upcoming book, ArtMill: A Story of Sustainable Creativity in Bohemia.

Read the full feature here.

September 16, 2025: Common Ground is an award-winning documentary about regenerative agriculture from Big Picture Ranch, which features Leah Penniman, contributor to Robert Shetterly’s book Portraits of Earth Justice: Americans Who Tell The Truth.

In an article by Markos Papadatos for True Hollywood Talk, he writes that Big Picture Ranch has launched an educational cut of the documentary alongside The Regenerative Classroom, a site with educational resources.

Read the full article here.

September 5, 2025: Bill McKibben, contributor to Robert Shetterly’s book Portraits of Earth Justice: Americans Who Tell The Truth is featured in a The New York Times Magazine article, talking about his long years of eco-activism, and the current state of the climate change and clean energy movements.

Read the full article here.

August 25, 2025: Judy Karofsky, author of DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice guests on Bob Gourley’s Issues Today Radio, discussing her mother’s inhumane hospice experience, Medicare’s requirements, and various other aspects of the assisted living industry.

Listen to the broadcast here.

August 18, 2025: For those curious about the country’s current state of electricity pricing, Bill McKibben, essay contributor to Robert Shetterly’s Portraits of Earth Justice, writes an insightful essay about the politics of people’s electric bills on his Substack page, The Crucial Years.

Read the full essay here.

August 13, 2025: Reporting for The Palm Beach Post, Sonali Kolhatkar reports on the Gabriel House fire and the state of assisted living facilities in Florida, with insight from Judy Karofsky, author of DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice.

Read the full article here.

August 12, 2025: Elise Homan of Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, interviews Margaret Randall about her books Letters from the Edge, along with its upcoming companion More Letters from the Edge.

Read the full interview here.

August 4, 2025: A short segment on North Country Public Radio, features Robert Shetterly talking about his activist portraits that will be on display at John Brown Farm in Lake Placid.

Listen to the segment or read the transcription here.

August 3, 2025: In a thoughtful review of Margaret Randall’s forthcoming book More Letters from the Edge, Eleanor J. Bader writes, “More Letters models what it means to live an engaged life and maintain a steadfast commitment to peace and progressive social justice while simultaneously pursuing personal fulfillment. It’s an inspiring, revelatory book.”

Read the full review here.

July 28th, 2025: Sonya Pritzker author of the upcoming Living Toward Justice: A Time Capsule, expands on data drawn from The Living Toward Justice Project in an investigative paper centered around “somatopic” formulations of social justice, and its ability to instigate a wider and more diverse definition of social justice as a whole.

Read the full article here.

July 26th, 2025: In an article published by Radio Prague International, Isabella Fattore shares photos and writes about the history of ArtMill in the Czech Republic and its role in resistance and dissent. Founded by Barbara Benish, she also writes about ArtMill in her book, ArtMill: A Story of Sustainable Creativity in Bohemia.

Read the full article here.

July 25th, 2025: On The Jefferson Exchange, a local news show on Jefferson Public Radio, Judy Karofsky comes on to discuss her book, DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice.

Listen to the broadcast here.

July 18, 2025: In the U.S News and World Report, Judy Karofsky makes commentary about “The Coming Eldercare Catastrophe,” criticizing the damages done to assisted living programs through the Trump-administration’s budget cuts and the greed of privately-owned eldercare businesses.

Find the full article here.

July 6, 2025: A book review of Fern Tiger’s book, Creative Instigation: The Art & Strategy of Authentic Community Engagement, written by Craig Talmage, is published by Taylor & Francis.

Find the full article here.

June 26, 2025: Judy Karofsky, author of DisElderly Conduct: The Flawed Business of Assisted Living and Hospice, speaks on Wisconsin Public Radio about her book and her “exhausted and haunted” experience of assisting her own mother through the failing elderly care system.

Listen to the radio broadcast here.

June 17, 2025: Author Barbara Benish, goes on the Artist on Art podcast to talk about her upcoming book, ArtMill: A Story of Creativity in Bohemia.

Listen to the podcast episode here.

Spring/Summer 2025: Lucy R. Lippard has an insightful conversation about her book, Stuff, for Issue 14 of the Boston Art Review. Michelle Millar Fisher writes: “Lippard can’t be pigeonholed, and I get the sense she has actively cultivated this characteristic as a form of resistance…”

Find the full interview here.

May 12, 2025: In The Progressive, Bill Lueders offers a deeply personal and thoughtful review of DisElderly Conduct by Judy Karofsky. Reflecting on his own mother’s end-of-life care, Lueders writes, “The desire to minimize suffering—her mother’s and everyone else’s—is at the heart of this book.” He calls Karofsky’s memoir an “attempt to turn up the volume,” adding: “Let’s hope it’s loud enough to make a difference.”

Read the full review here.

April 5, 2025: ¡COLORES! on New Mexico PBS features Margaret Randall and her new book Letters from the Edge. The episode offers an intimate look at Randall’s lifelong commitment to art and activism.

Watch the full segment here!

March 11, 2025: The Harvard Gazette highlights Robert Shetterly’s Americans Who Tell the Truth series, featuring changemakers from Portraits of Racial Justice, as part of an exhibit on portraiture and social justice.

Read the full article here.

February 28, 2025: In the Journal of Urban History, Peter Laurence reflects on Jane Jacobs’s First City by Glenna Lang, writing that “Lang’s Jacobs is seen as if through an old but beautifully restored movie reel, where a vibrant figure reappears from the past in surprisingly high resolution.”

Find the article here!

February 6, 2025: In a podcast episode for Art Is Change: Tactics and Tools for Activist Artists and Cultural Organizers, New Village Press founding director Lynne Elizabeth talks about the power of books to develop community and inspire collective action.

Listen to the episode here!

January 13, 2025: In a review for Beyond Chron, Randy Shaw calls Fern Tiger’s Creative Instigation: The Art and Strategy of Authentic Community Engagement “the most comprehensive account ever written of positive outcomes through community engagement.”

January/February 2025: Art New England Magazine‘s Carl Little offers a compelling review of the “powerful visages” of the truthtellers featured in Portraits of Peacemakers by Robert Shetterly. Little highlights the contributions of essayist Alice Rothchild, giving a special nod to her memoir.