A look back, a look ahead, and best wishes for an outstanding 2012! Read more →

Posts from our blog, recent and from years' past, that reflect upon the holiday season. Read more →

In Reimagining Equality, Anita Hill looks at the forces behind the financial meltdown. Read more →

A selection from Patricia Harman's memoir for the Winter Solstice. Read more →

What are the holidays like for interfaith families? Susan Katz Miller discusses how her family celebrates. Read more →

Rev. Marilyn Sewell interviewed Christopher Hitchens less than a year ago. Upon his death, she reflects on the surprisingly religious aspects of his personality. Read more →

If anyone doubts that the young people locked up in our jails are children they should spend some time in one of those prisons around holiday time. Read more →

The controversy over Lowe's pulling its advertising from All-American Muslim says a lot about the kinds of bridges being built in America. Read more →

The Obama administration overruled the FDA's recommendation to make Plan B an over-the-counter for teenagers. Carole Joffe looks at how this decision echoes earlier restrictions. Read more →

You've graduated from your small-state college... will you stay or will you go? In the wake of the Occupy movement, is Herbert Marcuse's Marxism ripe for a comeback? Arms Wide Open is highly recommended. Should quality education be a Constitutional... Read more →

In See Me Naked, Amy Frykholm explores the complex, intimate intersection of sexuality and spirituality as it affects the lives of ordinary Christians. Read more →

Triggered by the coverage of molestation charges at Penn State and elsewhere, Martin Moran confronts his own memories of abuse. Read more →

The number of women in prison has grown 832% in the past few decades, and society tends to demonize girls in the system as irredeemable. Read more →

Tom DeWolf casts a sympathetic but critical eye on Katherine Stockett's book and the film adapted from it. Read more →

Order any book from beacon.org by December 31st and receive 10% off your order and free standard shipping*. Plus, Beacon Press will donate 20% of total sales to three of its favorite organizations--Harlem Children's Zone, Interfaith Youth Core, and Food... Read more →

Today marks the 78th anniversary of the end of Prohibition. In honor of this historic date, read about the 21st Amendment in this freebie chapter from The Odd Clauses. Bonus: act out the Granholm v Heald play with your friends... Read more →