A new book from Fred Pearce looks at a how Wall Street, Chinese billionaires, oil sheikhs, and agribusiness are buying up huge tracts of land in a hungry, crowded world. Read more →

Carl Elliott interviews Dr. Adriane Fugh-Berman of Pharmed Out. Read more →

"In the history of the world, I don't know if anyone has ever been truly convinced of anything when staring into a shaking fist or a wagging finger. " Read more →

How has desegregation failed our schools? How do we learn from those failures without ignoring the successes? Read more →

Beacon editor Alexis Rizzuto was inspired to visit the bison in Yellowstone National Park, animals who would not be there were it not for the efforts of William Temple Hornaday. Read more →

A recent opinion piece in USA Today is a move toward wider support in the medical community for abortion providers. Read more →

The engaging and untold stories of fifteen prominent same-sex couples who defied cultural norms and made signifcant contributions to American history. Read more →

Mr. Hornaday's War is a long-overdue bigoraphy of William Temple Hornaday, first director of the Bronx Zoo, who helped launch the American conservation movement. Read more →

How do moms balance bonding with instructing, teaching their kids about our environment without boring them into apathy? Amy Seidl reflects on last Mother's Day. Read more →

Kate Whouley remembers her mother, and acknowledges the power of forgetting. Read more →

Obama's statement on marriage equality is a model of religious reasoning. Jay Michaelson explains. Read more →

In the wake of President Obama's "evolution" on marriage equality, we're collecting reactions from our authors. Rodger Streitmatter, author of Outlaw Marriages: The Hidden Histories of Fifteen Extraordinary Same-Sex Couples Obama’s announcement is absolutely huge. I think it will go... Read more →

In an interview with ABC News yesterday, President Barack Obama announced his support for marriage equality. Here are a few reactions from our authors: A landmark day! A joy to tweet/His evolution is complete/Go forth & wed, all "I do's"... Read more →

Bill and Rick Ayers call on us to show our teachers appreciation by helping them do what they do best. Read more →

Communities need to be models of appreciative behavior towards our teachers. Read more →

When our high-stakes testing regime discourages learning, who is really the failure? Read more →

Two Beacon Press authors write about Henry David Thoreau's influence on their lives and their writing. Read more →

Two forthcoming Beacon Press authors write about Henry David Thoreau's influence on their lives and their writing. Read more →

May 6, 2012 is the 150th anniversary of Henry David Thoreau’s death. Tom Montgomery Fate reflects upon how Thoreau's writings resonates today. Read more →

What should happen when a Muslim walks into an airport? Chris Stedman responds to a fellow atheist's troubling answer to that question. Read more →