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Available for pre-orderThe first comprehensive trade history of sex ed in American schools—and an impassioned call to reform sex ed into a powerful tool for reproductive justice and social equality.The US has some of the highest rates of STIs and teen pregnancies in the industrialized world. A…
Hardcover | By Margaret Grace Myers | From Beacon PressTagged as: Education, Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender/Queer, Sexuality -
One of the 20th century’s most important pieces of social and economic theory, highlighting the rise and reality of capitalism as it shaped our world.A limited Beacon Classics editionIn this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi tracks the economic and social changes…
Hardcover | By Polanyi Karl | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History -
A new edition of the book many have called James Baldwin’s most influential work
Paperback | By James Baldwin | From Beacon PressTagged as: Anti-Racism, Oppression, Race/Ethnicity, Racial Justice -
An urgent, on-the-ground look at some of the “new American radicals” who have laid everything on the line to build a stronger climate justice movement
Paperback | By Wen Stephenson | From Beacon PressTagged as: Climate Change, Climate Justice, Environment -
Debunking the lethal logic behind the pervasive myths that have framed the gun control debate
Paperback | By Dennis A. Henigan | From Beacon Press -
An intimate cross-country look at the new debate over religion in the public schools
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The story of one of the Boston area’s most famous attractions, the Mount Auburn Cemetery, and how its founders and “residents” have influenced American culture
Paperback | By Stephen Kendrick | From Beacon PressTagged as: History, History -
Blends memoir and legal cases to show how contracts can create family relationships
Paperback | By Martha M. Ertman | From Beacon Press -
The 2016-17 UUA Common ReadA modern-day civil rights champion tells the stirring story of how he helped start a movement to bridge America’s racial divide.
Paperback | By Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, William J. Barber II | From Beacon PressTagged as: Justice -
Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans
Paperback | By Dina Gilio-Whitaker, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | From Beacon PressTagged as: America, Anti-Racism, Multiculturalism, Multiculturalism, Racial Justice, Social Justice
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