Donate or Join | Boston Review

A Political and Literary Forum

Menu Search
Donate Shop Join

Global Justice

The Law Ought to Be King

Thailand has been gripped by the largest wave of protest in years, forcing a reckoning between the country’s dual structures of democracy and monarchy.

Peera Songkünnatham

Read More

Global Justice

Global Justice, Law & Justice

That Lonesome Whistle

Edward Snowden’s actions can be justified, but not as civil disobedience.

Candice Delmas

Global Justice, Politics

Writing Human Rights and Getting It Wrong

The West likes morality plays with clear heroes and villains, in which we play the role of savior.

Alex de Waal

Global Justice, War & Security

In Syria, Keeping the Faith

Democratic forces persist amid brutal regime violence and sectarian conflict.

Elizabeth Shakman Hurd

Global Justice, Politics

A Country for Old Men

Prominent Hungarian intellectuals have taken surprising anti-immigrant stances.

Holly Case

Global Justice, Politics

Winners and Losers in Brazil’s Presidential Impeachment

Is there a political coup underway?

Gianpaolo Baiocchi

Arts in Society, Global Justice

The Look of Disaster

Comic books can document the horrors of war better than photos.

Elizabeth Hand

Global Justice

Chasing Lula

Bias and due process violations in Brazil’s massive corruption investigation.

Leonardo Avritzer

Global Justice, War & Security

Syria after the Ceasefire

Negotiations may ease the humanitarian crisis—while strengthening Assad.

Stephen Zunes

Global Justice, Politics

How Refugees Can Save Europe

Europe must accept that post-nationalism, by nature, is porous at its borders.

Paul Linden-Retek

Global Justice, Politics

Turkey Descends into Authoritarianism

Fears of terrorism, and President Erdoğan’s rivalry with an exiled theologian, have become excuses for censorship and repression.

Umar Farooq

Global Justice, Politics

A Rock and a Hard Place

The neglect and abuse of Pakistan's tribal areas.

Umar Farooq

Global Justice, War & Security

Paris in Terror

The history of terrorism in France offers lessons in how best to respond to the Paris attacks.

Julian Bourg

Pages

       

Sign Up for Our Newsletter

Vital reading on politics, literature, and more in your inbox

Love Boston Review?

Then you’ll love our new membership program! Join us to support engaged discussion on critical issues. You’ll also enjoy exclusive membership benefits.
Get Started

Copyright © 1993-2021 Boston Review and its authors.

Support Boston Review

Become a Member

Make a tax-deductible donation today

Boston Review Printing Note: For best printing results try turning on any options your web browser's print dialog makes available for printing backgrounds and background graphics.

Join the conversation

Subscribe to Our Emails

Boston Review is a public space for the discussion of ideas and culture. Sign up for our newsletters and don’t miss a thing.

Join Today