Beacon Press

An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice Covering all the civil rights movement highlight...

A renowned King scholar pulls from the archives to present a one-of-a-kind collection that captures Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s global vision—rev...

An accessible guide for activists, educators, and all who are interested in understanding how the prison system oppresses communities and harms ind...

For readers of Andrea Elliott and Matthew Desmond, the former CEO of the Coalition for the Homeless breaks through the highly destructive misinform...

Claims that immigrants take Americans' jobs, are a drain on the American economy, contribute to poverty and inequality, destroy the social fabric, ...

Revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking book which demystifies twenty-one of the most widespread myths and beliefs about immigrants and ...

"Thou, Dear God" is the first and only collection of sixty-eight prayers by Martin Luther King, Jr. Arranged thematically in six parts--with prayer...

The story of low-wage workers rising up around the world to demand respect and a living wage.Tracing a new labor movement sparked and sustained by ...

2014 Lambda Literary Award Finalist: LGBT NonfictionBreaks down the most commonly held misconceptions about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender...

Overturns common misconceptions about charter schools, school "choice," standardized tests, common core curriculum, and teacher evaluations.Three d...

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cu...

An adoption expert and transracial adoptee herself examines the unique perspectives and challenges these adoptees have as they navigate multiple cu...

This “insightful and instructive primer” debunks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about transgender issues—“buy this book and sh...

Drawing on more than a hundred interviews with people all across America, (Not) Keeping Up with Our Parents explores how stagnant wages, debt, and ...

A gripping account of racial justice activists who confronted violent white supremacists in Charlottesville, VA, and stirred the nationOn August 11...

A gripping account of racial justice activists who confronted violent white supremacists in Charlottesville, VA, and stirred the nationOn August 11...

Getting old sucks, says best-selling author Dr. Lillian Rubin. With refreshing candor, she digs down under the statistics about our graying populat...

In A Beginner’s Faith in Things Unseen John Hay writes from the vantage point of eighty, and like no other American writer on what he calls “the re...

A blazingly honest essay collection from a refreshing new voice exploring the in-between moments for Black women and girls, and what it means to si...

A blazingly honest essay collection from a refreshing new voice exploring the in-between moments for Black women and girls, and what it means to si...

The award-winning Revisioning American History series continues with this “groundbreaking new history of Black women in the United States” (Ibram X...

A wide selection of readings from Pali, Sanskrit, Chinese, Tibetan, and modern sources inteded to provide the reader with a foundation in classical...

Short Fiction on FaithLuminous fiction on themes of faith and meaning from favorite writers, including Sandra Cisneros, Andre Dubus, Louise Erdrich...

An updated edition of the classic introduction to the history and beliefs of Unitarian Universalism—from a senior minister of the Unitarian Church ...