Nancy Gift took her battle over herbicide application on the lawns at her children's school all the way to the top. Read more →

A look at recent media featuring Beacon Press books and authors. Read more →

A note about the passing of Theodore R. Sizer, of the country’s most prominent education-reform advocates. Read more →

If asked what a doctor does, most people would probably come up with the standard description of diagnosing and treating disease. But that turns out to be only a part of the job, often a very small part. Read more →

Today is World Food Day, and Mark Winne looks at the growing problem of food insecurity, and the failures of community-based food programs to fix the problem: Not only do they not end hunger, they operate in illogical defiance of... Read more →

Today's post is from Steven I. Apfelbaum, author of Nature's Second Chance: Restoring the Ecology of Stone Prairie Farm. Apfelbaum is founder, president, and senior ecologist of the firm Applied Ecological Services, known for its international science-based ecological design and... Read more →

Jeremy Adam Smith discusses a new series of posts on how fathers can enact social change. Read more →

In honor of National Midwifery Week, midwife Patricia Harman recalls how she was called to this demanding and rewarding line of work. Read more →

How do we define family relationships in regard to giving caregivers leave from work? Nancy Polikoff looks at what she thinks is the fairest option. Read more →

Carole Joffe looks at the myriad challenges women face in our current health care system and the ways Congress can level the playing field. Read more →

If you love indie presses, follow a bunch of them on Twitter. This TweepML list will let you subscribe to a number of feeds at once. Chuck Collins looks at the estate tax (which will disappear for one year in... Read more →

Today's post is from Wendy Kaminer, author of many books, including Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU and Free for All: Defending Liberty in America Today. Her articles and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including the New York... Read more →

Today's post is from Robert Kunzman, author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling. Kunzman spent ten years as a high school teacher, coach, and administrator and is currently an associate professor in... Read more →

"I could not go alone anywhere outside Kabul... All the traffic and reconstruction activity in Kabul was weird; sort of an illusion of security and progress that in reality doesn't exist at all." Read more →