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Deborah Chasman

Deborah Chasman is co-editor of Boston Review.

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Gender & Sexuality, Politics

From the Editors: The Right to Be Elected

What does gender equity in a democracy look like?

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

Philosophy & Religion

From the Editors: On Anger

Our new issue explores anger in its many forms—public and private, personal and political—raising an issue that we must grapple with: Does the vast well of public anger compromise us all?

Joshua Cohen, Deborah Chasman

Race

Speaking the Truth

Cornel West and Deborah Chasman discuss the disproportionately white publishing world, the responsibilities and burdens of public life, and the predicament of black intellectuals today.

Cornel West, Deborah Chasman

Print Issues

From the Editors: Racist Logic

By examining the opioid crisis alongside the War on Drugs Murch brings an otherwise familiar story into new territory.

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

Editors' Note

From the Editors: Left Elsewhere

Left Elsewhere puts rural progressives in conversation with their urban cousins.

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

Politics

Selling Outrage

Yochai Benkler argues that the mainstream media is our best hope for tempering the radical right. 

Yochai Benkler, Deborah Chasman

Editors' Note

From the Editors: Evil Empire

Just outside of Tucson, at the Davis–Monthan Air Force Base, more than 4,000 decommissioned

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

Arts in Society

Who's Got Personality?

The Myers-Briggs Bias: An Interview with Merve Emre

Merve Emre, Deborah Chasman

Politics

Errol Morris on Steve Bannon’s Dangerous ‘Dharma’

Morris on his new film and what he thinks of the man who likened himself to Darth Vader and Satan.

Errol Morris, Deborah Chasman

Editors' Note

From the Editors: Once and Future Feminist

How can women possibly be free if they must carry the burden of reproductive labor?

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

Editors' Note

From the Editors: Fifty Years Since MLK

April 4, 2018, marks the fiftieth anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death. Once condemned

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

Editors' Note

From the Editors: No Ads!

On the first anniversary of our major relaunch, we celebrate the success of our new publishing strategy and business model by giving our readers a gift.

Deborah Chasman, Joshua Cohen

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