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Category: American Society
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Beacon authors have not remained silent about the murder of Trayvon Martin.
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David L. Hudson, Jr. is a First Amendment Scholar with the First Amendment Center at Vanderbilt University. He teaches at Vanderbilt University Law School and Nashville School of Law. He is the author of Let the Students Speak!: A History of the Fight For Free Expression in American Schools. Dissenting opinions obviously don’t have the force of law…
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Life is being restored to significant portions of the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, and the heroes of this effort are fiercely determined residents who have returned to their blocks and rebuilt their homes.
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Author Sam Skolnik discusses the hidden costs of gambling.
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Youth sports is more than just a fun pastime. It’s an incredibly profitable market, and it’s become crowded with companies and individuals eager to reap the rewards.
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Cheating Justice looks at how the ex-president and vice-president can be held personally accountable, and how they tried to manipulate the system from inside to keep themselves from being held to account.
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Jumped In is a chronicle of the unexpected lessons gang members taught a professor as she was busily studying them, and how they changed her forever.
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We continue our Black History Month series by looking at Beacon’s books covering the Civil Rights Era, in particular the work of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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In honor of Black History Month, here are a few Beacon Press titles that look at slavery and its lasting impact on American society.
Beacon Broadside 