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,…

Exploring 500 years of protest and resistance in US history—and how its force is foundational and can empower us to navigate our chaotic world In this timely new book in Beacon’s successful ReVisioning History series, professor Gloria Browne-Marshall delves into the history of protest movements…

Celebrate Black digital art in this essay collection revealing how Black artists have shaped everything from TikTok dances to viral memesSteven Underwood digs into the current Black digital arts movement that has shaped popular culture for the last decade. He connects this current space to

Available for pre-orderWhen Black women and girls are targeted and murdered their cases are often categorized by police officers as “N.H.I.” – “No Humans Involved.” Dehumanized and invisible to the public eye, they are rarely seen as victims. In the United States, Black women are killed at…

In a time of climate crisis and housing shortages, a bold, visionary call to replace current wasteful construction practices with an architecture of reuseAs climate change has escalated into a crisis, the reuse of existing structures is the only way to even begin to preserve our wood, sand, silic…

An unflinching and stunning debut memoir of an Iranian girl’s coming-of-age experiencing abuse, war, and superstition—and her survival through an inner world into which she could escapeWhen she was a child, Atash Yaghmaian’s home life was unpredictable: a confusing mix of love and terror.

A NATIONAL POETRY SERIES WINNER SELECTED AND WITH A FOREWORD BY BRENDA HILLMANA collection of poems and photographs that explores rural Missouri, violence, queer desire / intimacy, addiction, familial and wildlife relationshipsThrough encounters with the everyday beauty and brutality so much a pa…

A smart, irreverent, and accessible guide to thinking more deeply about how religion permeates and shapes the world around us –and why you need to understand the work it’s doingReligion lurks in the floorboards of our daily lives, whether we want it to or not. A departure from more traditional…