A transplant from New England to New Mexico reflects on the conflicts between his internal gardening clock and the constraints of nature in his current home. Read more →
14 posts from May 2011
David Chura knows what it's like to teach under less-than-ideal conditions, and he knows why teachers continue to do so. Read more →
The groundbreaking science fiction writer Joanna Russ died on April 29 at the age of 74. Stephen Burt discusses the importance of her work as a woman writing in a male-dominated field. Read more →
On the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, which is also the seventh anniversary of marriage equality in Massachusetts, Michael Bronski discusses the struggle for personal freedom for LGBT people. Read more →
It's been seven years since the first marriage licenses were handed out to same-sex couples in Massachusetts. Amie Klempnauer Miller, Nancy Polikoff, and Karen Kahn talk about what has changed and what challenges lie ahead. Read more →
Laurie Essig wants to know: If the world is ending, can I run up credit card debt on massages and champagne? Read more →
Newt Gingrich's pro-Catholic, anti-Islam stance shows just how far we have come in America on issues of religious tolerance, and also how far we have to go. Read more →
Nick Krieger really wanted Chaz Bono to be a transgender hero. Unfortunately, the media coverage surrounding Bono's memoir has reinforced some pretty old stereotypes. Read more →
Read an excerpt from Michael Bronski's new book, A Queer History of the United States. Read more →
The second part of our author roundtable on the ethical and religious issues raised by the death of an enemy. Read more →
Beacon Broadside asked several of our authors for their responses to the death of Osama bin Laden, and what they feel is required of them by their respective faiths. Read more →
This week, the Supreme Court declined to hear Doe v. Silsbee Independent School District, a case in which a cheerleader was kicked off her squad when she refused to cheer for the boy she said raped her. Read more →
Beacon Press author Carl Elliott has been under attack in a scenario best described by one of his many defenders as “Orwellian.” In order to defend academic freedom, his university argues, they must prevent him from speaking. Read more →
Eboo Patel reflects upon the death of the leader of Al Qaeda and how we really overcome our enemies. Read more →