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What Marx Got Wrong About Capitalism

A Racial Capitalism Reading List 

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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When Political Resistance Turns Violent

Philosophers, historians, and political scientists contribute to a reading list on nonviolence.

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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MLK’s Conservative Canonization

An MLK Day reading list on how his radicalism was erased.

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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Beyond Health Insurance

There’s more that’s wrong with our medical system...

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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Ten Years of Must Reads

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. 

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Our Top Essays of 2019

From Walt Whitman to Arundhati Roy, here are the essays that were read the most over the past twelve months.

Boston Review, Rosie Gillies

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Veterans Day 2019

From PTSD to dissenting.

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Politics, Reading Lists

Is Populism a Problem?

A bumper crop of brilliant essays on why populism isn't “anti-elite”, Trump isn’t a populist, and more. 

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Law & Justice, Reading Lists

The Legality and Reality of Torture

Our best writing from our archives on why torture is not the same thing as interrogation.

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Reading Lists, Science & Nature

“Listen to the Science”

Are scientists more virtuous than the rest of us? Can religion and science be happily reconciled? 

Matt Lord, Boston Review

Race, Reading Lists

1619 Syllabus

Because when we remember better, we do better. 

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Reading Lists, Science & Nature

Highway to Hell

A reading list for our time of climate crisis. 

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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Essential Reads on White Supremacy

It's what our country was founded on—and it will take more than voting out Trump to dismantle it. 

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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