Amy Alexander looks at the danger journalists face when they cover "hot spots" of uprisings and protests. Read more →

Philip C. Winslow writes about the recent assassination of a West Bank theater artist. Read more →

Judge Nancy Gertner discusses her life as a defense lawyer, what it meant to her to defend women, and the different paths Gertner and Justice Sotomayor took to becoming judges. Read more →

On sale today: Nancy Gertner's In Defense of Women: Memoirs of an Unrepentant Advocate. Read more →

Find out more about Morning Haiku and how you can win a poster with a poem by Sonia Sanchez. Read more →

Fred Pearce, Amy Seidl, Cynthia Barnett, and Steven Hawley look at today's most pressing environmental concerns. Read more →

Thinking of using that refund check for some plastic surgery? Laurie Essig explains how the plastic surgery finance industry makes it possible for people to get surgery they can ill afford. Read more →

As tax day approaches, Chuck Collins looks at a new book about how corporations avoid taxes and the economic consequences for the rest of us. Read more →

The integration of the Major Leagues pulled fans away from the once-thriving Negro Leagues. Read more →

See Mary Oliver read three of her poems, from an appearance at Emory University earlier this year. Read more →

Shelina Zahra Janmohamed looks at the overall political landscape in Europe, where pandering to anti-Muslim sentiment has become a tool of mainstream politicians. Read more →

In honor of National Poetry Month, we share this essay by Mary Oliver, which was included in the CD Many Miles: Mary Oliver reads Mary Oliver. Beacon Press is giving away five signed copies of Mary Oliver's Swan: Poems and... Read more →

In honor of National Poetry Month, Beacon Press will give away five signed copies of Mary Oliver's Swan: Poems and Prose Poems. Read more →

A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies shows that the US is awash in wealth: we've just shifted our tax burden to those with less of it. Read more →

The author Ted Dracos recently passed, and his editor at Beacon Press, Alexis Rizzuto, offers this remembrance. Read more →

While fights over funding for women's health rage in our nation's capitol and state houses across the country, a more violent threat persists for abortion providers. Read more →

Out this week, Feel-Bad Education: And Other Contrarian Essays on Children and Schooling from one of the most outspoken and incisive thinkers in education, Alfie Kohn. Read more →

Union organizers rally around the country today in support of public workers. Read about why they chose April 4th, and read an excerpt from All Labor Has Dignity. Read more →

On the anniversary of the murder of Martin Luther King, Jr., Thomas DeWolf reflects on how his life changed America. Read more →

In honor of opening day, an excerpt from Rob Ruck's Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game. Read more →