recent posts
- Channeling Collective Fury into Fat Justice Is the Transformational Power We Need: Part 2
- Channeling Collective Fury into Fat Justice Is the Transformational Power We Need: Part 1
- Our Dizzying, Repeating Cycles of Cultural Amnesia Around Sex Ed: Part 2
- Our Dizzying, Repeating Cycles of Cultural Amnesia Around Sex Ed: Part 1
- We’ll Be Hiding from the Rainfall for These Beacon Beach Reads
about
Category: Politics and Current Events
-
David Bacon shares images of the public workers who find themselves facing weakened retirement systems and unfair blame in the wake of this week’s elections.
-
The author of Holy Hullabaloos: A Road Trip to the Battlegrounds of the Church/State Wars has an offer Christine O’Donnell can’t refuse.
-
“A recent analysis by the Congressional Budget Service ranked 11 strategies to spur the economy and create jobs. Cutting taxes for the rich was the worst ranked strategy.”
-
Charles Euchner looks at the dueling marches in Washington, both being held on the anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
-
American history is an arc toward freedom, dignity and inclusiveness for all. That will include Muslims, sooner or later.
-
A member of Beacon’s staff shares some photos from her parent’s visit with Barack Obama.
-
Just because Elena Kagan is white didn’t stop Republicans from injecting race into her Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
-
Suffolk Law professor Michael Avery remarks on contemporary themes prevalent in Shakespeare’s Henry V.
-
Has President Obama lived up to Candidate Obama’s campaign promises on LGBT rights?