Beacon: 545 books
History Teaches Us to Resist
How Progressive Movements Have Succeeded in Challenging Times
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2018
Historian and civil rights activist proves how progressive movements can flourish even in conservative times.
Despair and mourning after the election of an antagonistic or polarizing president, such as Donald Trump, is part of the push-pull of American politics. But in this incisive book, historian...
by Martin Luther King, Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2011
An unprecedented and timely collection of Dr. King’s speeches on labor rights and economic justice
Covering all the civil rights movement highlights--Montgomery, Albany, Birmingham, Selma, Chicago, and Memphis--award-winning historian Michael K. Honey introduces and traces Dr. King's dream of...
by Khaled Abou El Fadl
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2002
Khaled Abou El Fadl, a prominent critic of Islamic puritanism, leads off this lively debate by arguing that Islam is a deeply tolerant religion. Injunctions to violence against nonbelievers stem from misreadings of the Qur'an, he claims, and even jihad, or so-called holy war, has no basis in Qur'anic...
Lost Woods
The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
When Rachel Carson died of cancer in 1964, her four books, including the environmental classic Silent Spring, had made her one of the most famous people in America. This trove of previously uncollected writings is a priceless addition to our knowledge of Rachel Carson, her affinity with the natural world, and her life.
Sacred Ground
Pluralism, Prejudice, and the Promise of America
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2012
There is no better time to stand up for your values than when they are under attack.
In the decade following the attacks of 9/11, suspicion and animosity toward American Muslims has increased rather than subsided. Alarmist, hateful rhetoric once relegated to the fringes of political discourse has...
"In a Single Garment of Destiny"
A Global Vision of Justice
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
An unprecedented and timely collection that captures the global vision of Dr. King—in his own words
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Too many people continue to think of Dr. King only as “a southern civil rights leader” or “an American Gandhi,” thus ignoring his impact on poor and oppressed people around the world....
The Death of Josseline
Immigration Stories from the Arizona Borderlands
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2010
Dispatches from Arizona—the front line of a massive human migration—including the voices of migrants, Border Patrol, ranchers, activists, and others
For the last decade, Margaret Regan has reported on the escalating chaos along the Arizona-Mexico border, ground zero for immigration since 2000....
Recovering a Lost River
Removing Dams, Rewilding Salmon, Revitalizing Communities
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
A powerful argument for why dam removal makes good scientific, economic, and environmental sense—and requires our urgent attention
The Snake River, flowing through the Northwest, was once one of the world's greatest salmon rivers. As recently as a hundred years ago, it retained some of its...
Opportunity, Montana
Big Copper, Bad Water, and the Burial of an American Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
A memoir-meets-exposé that examines our fraught relationship with the West and our attempts to clean up a toxic environmental legacy
In 2002, Texas journalist Brad Tyer strapped a canoe on his truck and moved to Montana, a state that has long exerted a mythic pull on America’s imagination...
Interfaith Leadership
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
A guide for students, groups, and organizations seeking to foster interfaith dialogue and promote understanding across religious lines
In this book, renowned interfaith leader Eboo Patel offers a clear, detailed, and practical guide to interfaith leadership, illustrated with compelling examples....
by Paul Ortiz
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
An intersectional history of the shared struggle for African American and Latinx civil rights
Spanning more than two hundred years, An African American and Latinx History of the United States is a revolutionary, politically charged narrative history, arguing that the “Global South” was...
by Herbert Marcuse
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1971
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1971
In this concise and startling book, the author of One-Dimensional Man argues that the time for utopian speculation has come. Marcuse argues that the traditional conceptions of human freedom have been rendered obsolete by the development of advanced industrial society. Social theory can no longer...
Heretic's Heart
A Journey through Spirit and Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Starting in 1964, writes Margot Adler in this dazzling memoir, “I found myself mysteriously at the center of extraordinary events.” Now a correspondent for National Public Radio, Adler was a young woman determined to be taken seriously and to be an agent of change—on her own terms, free from...
Invisible No More
Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A timely examination of the ways Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color are uniquely affected by racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement.
Invisible No More is a timely examination of how Black women, Indigenous women, and women of color experience racial...