An esteemed activist invites us to consider the complex idea of abolition as much more than a strategy or a set of tactics—at a deeper level, abolition is an entire political framework, culture, and orientationThe January 2025 Justice and Spirit: Unitarian Universalist Book Club selection.Blendin...

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In this Q&A, Rev. Frederic Muir shares vital lessons UUs can learn from confronting historical wrongs.

Available for pre-orderAdapted from Clint Smith’s How the Word Is Passed, this must-read narrative takes readers to historical sites across America, exploring the legacy of slavery to help readers make sense of our nation’s past and present, and be better stewards of their own future.Beginning...

"A fascinating advanced seminar about how to think, read, think about reading, and think about Indigenous lives." --Booklist, starred reviewIn this powerful reframing of the stories that make us, Anishinaabe writer Patty Krawec leads us into the borderlands of history, science, memoir, and fictio...

Sam Cooke's legendary and beloved civil rights anthem is brought to life for the first time with stunning illustrations by Nikkolas Smith.I was born by the river in a little tent. Oh, and just like the river, I've been a-runnin' ever since.

Available for pre-orderThe true—and unsolved—story of unabashedly greedy men, their exploitation of Muscogee land, and the hunt for the ghost of a boy who may never have existedA 2024 Publisher's Weekly best Nonfiction book of the year.In the early 1900s, at the dawn of the “American

Available for pre-orderA renowned historian argues that we are seeing the beginning of the end of the Zionist project, and considers the issues that must be centered for a sustainable and peaceful future for Palestinians and Jews to emergeIn this urgent and timely book, historian Ilan Pappé argue...

Available for pre-orderA highly anticipated, rediscovered collection from Viktor Frankl, published for the first time in the United States, exploring freedom, responsibility, and how we can draw meaning from the temporary nature of our livesFrom the bestselling author of Man’s Search for Meaning,...

we gather now / in the wake of their efforts to erase / as a sign / that we are not so easy to erase / and knowing that we are / literally love becoming

Available for pre-orderThe life and 1984 murder of a beloved Black grandmother that changed community activism forever—and sparked the ongoing movement against racist policing and brutality.#SayHerName: The story of Eleanor Bumpurs, told for the first time by decorated historian and Bumpurs’s...

Available for pre-orderA searing critique of the disability rights movement from within, and a call for collective liberation that is pro-Black and centers disabled people of colorFor over twenty years, Dara Baldwin has often been the only person of color in the room when significant disability

Available for pre-order4 stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great DepressionDrawing on little-known stories of working people, What Can We Learn from the Great Depression? amplifies voices that have been long omitted from standard...

Available for pre-orderThe extraordinary tale of how a Boston shoemaker became an enduring symbol for the American Revolution.A limited Beacon Classics edition, with a gorgeous spot gloss cover and retro, classic palette.George Robert Twelves Hewes, a Boston shoemaker who participated in such key...

A provocative new history of the forgeries, bogus science, rigged data, and fake news that keep American racism alive.Fake news, outright political lies, a shamelessly partisan press, and the collapse of truth, civility, and shared facts, Philip Kadish argues, are nothing new....

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...

What is your family history of migration? Did your ancestors come hundreds of years ago, or more recently?

Take a peek into the cultural phenomenon that is Drag, in this lusciously illustrated guide to the history of the phenomenon, from ancient theatre to the queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race.Lights. Glamour. Action!The history of drag has been formed by many intersections: fashion, theatre, sexuality and...

Black transgender luminary Tourmaline brings to life the first definitive biography of the revolutionary activist Marsha P. Johnson, one of the most important and remarkable figures in LGBTQIA+ history, revealing her story, her impact, and her legacy.“Thank god the revolution has begun, honey.”...

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