Beacon Press

Focusing on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), and the broader rehab industry, it has become dominant despite its low success…

This book is a call for change, for action, for Big Tech and algorithms to lose their title-sake chokehold over the…

This book explores the overlooked roles and contributions of children, teens, and young adults during the Civil Rights…

In An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the…

Get ready to have everything you thought you knew about Indigenous America challenged. The authors respond compellingly…

Racism is a complex issue, and many people aren't aware that it's possible for a historically marginalized group to…

This is the story and memoir of Bill Ayers — a man born into privilege that would also become a highly respected…

Many people become vegans because they are concerned about the role capitalist food systems play in climate change,…

In the last 40 years, big-box stores have come to rule the US landscape. Mega-retailers sprawl out beyond the edges of…

In case you (or maybe your stodgy homophobic uncle) needed another reason for why inclusion and equality for LGBT+…

Meet the colorful cast of characters who were integral to America's journey to understanding alcoholism in this book…

In this unsparing look at the cosmetic surgery industry, author Laurie Essig confronts the supremely capitalistic…

Can someone living in today's modern world live the kind of life of a hermit-philosopher like Thoreau? This book is one…

In this volume, author Fran Hawthorne uses her skills in business investigation to come to a broader understanding of…

In this fascinating and empowering read, author, journalist, and professor Susanne Althoff explores the various…

This book offers a chronological account of young activists during the 1960s. Behind the change and social upheaval of…

A history of racial injustice to examine how civility and white supremacy are linked, and a call for citizens who care…

 An important book for dog lovers that serves as defense for hapless pups that are victims of their clueless owners. A…

Although we think of doctors as stoic, almost robotic, creatures of logic and science, What Doctors Feel examines the…

A history of queer activism and the original erasure but eventual embrasure of LGBTQ individuals and culture by…

Agitate, educate, and organize! This book will engage LGBT and straight activists to work together in political and…

Since the beginning the US government has reserved the tool of revoking citizenship in order to cast out unwanted…

What exactly is Blackness and what does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? Who…

As more and more people are becoming aware of the inhumane conditions of factory farming, this book offers a solution…

Combining no-holds-barred social critique, humorous personal anecdotes, and analysis of the latest interdisciplinary…

What is a weed, really? Nancy Gift defines it as a "plant out of place" and makes an argument for creating places for…

A personal walk through the history of transness around the world, from precolonial times to the present. Learn about…

Modern allopathic medicine likes to think of itself as having sprung straight from the robotic, sterile loins of…

A relationship guide for interabled couples, where one is able-bodied and the other has a physical disability. The…

A beautiful, thrilling, resonant letter from a Black parent to her children on what it means to be raising them in a…