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Beacon Press books seek to change the way readers think about fundamental issues, promoting such values as freedom of speech and thought, the importance of economic and social justice issues, religious pluralism, respect for our environment, and the importance of the arts in a civil society.Beacon has published several national bestsellers, and its books are frequently reviewed and discussed in national print and broadcast media.They are also used in university and secondary school curricula, citywide reading programs, and reading groups, and within a variety of organizational and faith - based reading programs.

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We Wear the Mask
Editors: Brando Skyhorse, Lisa Page
Product Code: 6704
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/10/2017
 

Why do people pass? Fifteen writers reveal their experiences with passing—including racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, gender, and economic forms of passing.


 
 
Price: $18.00
What Can We Learn from the Great Depression?
Author: Dana Frank
Product Code: 9464
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/08/2024
 

4 stories of resilience, mutual aid, and radical rebellion that will transform how we understand the Great Depression


 
 
Price: $39.95
What Is Marriage For?
Author: E. J. Graff
Product Code: 4559
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon
Publication Date: 04/01/2000
 
In the wake of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s historic Goodridge decision, a reissue of the bible of the same-sex marriage movement
 
 
Price: $26.00
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Author: Aubrey Gordon
Product Code: 5910
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 11/16/2021
 

An explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice


 
 
Price: $14.95
What We're Fighting For Now is Each Other
Author: Wen Stephenson
Product Code: 6489
Binding Info: Paperback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/06/2016
 
An urgent, on-the-ground look at some of the “new American radicals” who have laid everything on the line to build a stronger climate justice movement
 
 
Price: $18.00
What Works in Community News
Authors: Ellen Clegg, Dan Kennedy
Product Code: 9471
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 11/12/2024
 

A groundbreaking study of the journalism startups that are solving the local news crisis one community at a time

A must-read for activists, entrepreneurs, and journalists who want to start local news outlets in their communities


 
 
Price: $19.95
When Freedom Is the Question, Abolition Is the Answer
Author: Bill Ayers
Product Code: 9417
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/10/2024
 

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 orientation


 
 
Price: $24.95
When Grit Isn't Enough
Author: Linda Nathan
Product Code: 6772
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 10/02/2018
 

Examines major myths informing American education and explores how educators can better serve students, increase college retention rates, and develop alternatives to college that don’t disadvantage students on the basis of race or income


 
 
Price: $18.00
When I Walk Through That Door, I Am
Author: Jimmy Santiago Baca
Product Code: 6879
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 02/19/2019
 
Poet-activist Jimmy Baca immerses the reader in an epic narrative poem, imagining the experience of motherhood in the context of immigration, family separation, and ICE raids on the Southern border
 
 
Price: $12.95
When One Religion Isn't Enough
Author: Duane R. Bidwell
Product Code: 6917
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 09/03/2019
 

An exploration into the lives of people who embrace two or more religious traditions, and what this growing community tells us about change in our society


 
 
Price: $16.95
When the Light Goes On
Author: Mike Rose
Product Code: 9324
Binding Info: Hardback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 02/20/2024
 

The final work from one of the most beloved voices in American education explores stories and lessons of transformative experiences in education


 
 
Price: $18.95
When Time is Short
Author: Timothy K. Beal
Product Code: 9304
Binding Info: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication Date: 08/22/2023
 

With faith, hope, and compassion, acclaimed religious scholar Timothy Beal shows us how to navigate the inevitabilities of the climate crisis and the very real - and very near - possibility of human extinction


 
 
Price: $17.00