Beacon Press

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

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

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

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

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

A deep exploration of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) through clinical case studies, historical context, and the…

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

A straightforward introduction to Buddhism, free from the dense language or overly moralizing tones often found in other…

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

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

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

This in-depth look at the disability community explores how activism, representation, and attitudes have evolved since…

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

This exploration of America’s struggle with alcoholism traces the history of sobriety movements and shifting…

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

Being raised by Deaf parents gave Lennard Davis a close-up look at the discrimination faced by folks with disabilities…

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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