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We also need to abolish prisons—as well as put an end to counterterrorism. An abolitionist reading list.
Rosie Gillies, Boston Review
Happy birthday, John Rawls! We celebrate the political philosopher’s centenary, as well as the 50th anniversary of the publication of “A Theory of Justice.”
Joshua Cohen, Boston Review
It’s what our country was founded on—and it will take more than Trump leaving the White House to dismantle it.
Boston Review, Rosie Gillies
To ring in 2021, here are Boston Review's top 21 essays of the year.
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BR writers on how we can fix it.
Your fourth of July reading.
An alternative father’s day reading list.
—and those who wish they could be mothers. A reading list for Mother’s Day.
Philosophers, historians, and political scientists contribute to a reading list on nonviolence.
An MLK Day reading list on how his radicalism was erased.
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Our editors’ picks from the past decade: Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy, Robin Kelley, and more. Plus, find out which was voted as our readers’ favorite.
From Walt Whitman to Arundhati Roy, here are the essays that were read the most over the past twelve months.
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