Beacon Press
Beacon Press® is an independent publisher of serious non-fiction. Our books often change the way readers think about fundamental issues; they promote such values as freedom of speech and thought; diversity, religious pluralism, and anti-racism; and respect for diversity in all areas of life.
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The little-known story of an eighteenth-century Quaker dwarf who fiercely attacked slavery and imagined a new, more humane way of life
Paperback | By Marcus Rediker | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History, Racial Justice -
The revolutionary life of an 18th-century dwarf activist who was among the first to fight against slavery and animal cruelty
Paperback | By David Lester, Marcus Rediker, Paul Buhle | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, History, History -
Reveals how faith traditions have always passed down tools for self-examination and debate, because all religious ideas-not just extremist ones-can cause harm, even as they also embody important moral teachings
Paperback | By Rachel S. Mikva | From Beacon PressTagged as: Faith, History, History, Interfaith, Oppression, Religion -
An exposé of the gender gap in entrepreneurship and a road map for a more inclusive and economically successful future for us all
Paperback | By Susanne Althoff | From Beacon PressTagged as: Economic Justice, Equal Opportunity, Gender Justice -
A National Poetry Series winner, selected and with a foreword by Kwame Dawes.A 5-part series of interwoven poems from a dying parent to her daughter, examining the human capacity for grief, culpability, and love, asking: do we as a species deserve to survive?
Paperback | By Kwame Dawes, M.J. Herbert | From Beacon Press -
Dismantles the Woody Guthrie we have been taught—the rough-and-ready rambling’ man—to reveal an artist who discovered how intimacy is crucial for political struggle
Paperback | By Gustavus Stadler | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History, Intimacy, Social Justice -
An engaging exploration of what it means to be asexual in a world that’s obsessed with sexual attraction, and what the ace perspective can teach all of us about desire and identity.
Paperback | By Angela Chen | From Beacon PressTagged as: Identity, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, LGBTQ Issues, Sexuality -
An accessible guide that breaks down the complex issues around mass surveillance and data privacy and explores the negative consequences it can have on individual citizens and their communities
Paperback | By Boghosian Heidi | From Beacon PressTagged as: Social Media -
An essential compendium of James Baldwin’s most powerful nonfiction work, calling on us “to end the racial nightmare, and achieve our country”
Paperback | By James Baldwin | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Oppression, Anti-Oppression, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice -
Winner of the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book AwardDrawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists
Paperback | By Bettina L. Love | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Racism, Education, Social Justice
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