Questionable advice to avoid violence, like “don’t go shopping alone,” comes mostly from the police or other men in authority. But gender-based violence is often enacted in the most intimate spheres of our lives, not when we’re out grocery shopping. To stop this violence, we need strategies…

This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of counterculture and the interwoven relationship between each individual legacy. From Anarchism to the Harlem Renaissance, Alex Zamalin unveils…

How hard-working individuals have kept abortion afloat in the wake of Roe v. Wade’s destruction, and the continued help needed if we want to sustain itWhen the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022, many feared it meant the end of abortion access in the United States. Yet the

A spirited exploration of the diary, from pen-and-paper to TikTok, for the people who write—and read—themFeaturing iconic diary keepers like Audre Lorde, Virginia Woolf, Alison Bechdel, and Taylor SwiftWe know what it was like to be an out lesbian in 19th-century England, what the inner world of…

“A lion in literature’s forest.”—Maya AngelouA dazzling selection of poems from one of the most beloved American poets, whose distinctive verse resonates around the globeFew poets in history have possessed the irrepressible humanity and abundant positivity that characterize Sonia Sanchez’s…

A deluxe hardcover edition of the pioneering classic that explores the contexts in which history is produced—now part of the HBO docuseries Exterminate All the Brutes, written and directed by Raoul PeckA Beacon Classics edition, featuring a spot gloss cover and retro, classic palettePlacing the…

The remarkable true story of a crossdressing, transatlantic adventurer who escaped from a Spanish convent in 1599 and lived as a man—gambling, fighting duels, and leading soldiers into battleA Beacon Classics edition, featuring a spot gloss cover and retro, classic paletteOne of the earliest know…

A convincing treatise on the United States’ unprecedented ascension as the world’s foremost stand-your-ground nationIn the aftermath of nearly all mass shootings of the 21st century, conservative legislators and Second Amendment advocates often push the same claims: that these tragedies could…

As one of the nation’s leading anti-poverty organizers and moral voices, Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis explores the largely untold history of poor people’s movements in the United States and traces her own journey through some of the most significant anti-poverty struggles of the past 30 years.In this…

The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present dayGender and sexual expression have always been part of the Black freedom struggleIn this latest book in Beacon’s award-winning ReVisioning History series,…