Beacon Press

Each chapter in this adapted history focuses on the life of a queer US American, from the 1500s to today. From Walt…

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

Dana, a young, Black writer, is repeatedly sent back in time from her late 20th Century cosmopolitan life in Los Angeles…

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

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

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

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

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

This is a hell of a life story. The front of the book describes it pretty well: "The true story of a nice Jewish boy who…

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gain insight to the realities of globalization from the perspective of low-wage workers who have sparked a new labor…

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

"When Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, farmworker organizers in California immediately understood…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Since the early 2000s, the alt-right movement has been promoting its racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic,…

What does it take to write an honest memoir? And what happens to us when we embark on that journey? Would she manage…

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

In an age of Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin's essays on life in Harlem, the protest novel, movies, and African…