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Deborah Chasman is co-editor of Boston Review.
In a deeply unequal society, the law can certainly impede progress, but it also remains an essential resource in building a more just world.
Our new book offers a deeper understanding of the current challenges of AI and a rich, constructive, morally urgent vision for redirecting its course.
What does gender equity in a democracy look like?
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?
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.
By examining the opioid crisis alongside the War on Drugs Murch brings an otherwise familiar story into new territory.
Left Elsewhere puts rural progressives in conversation with their urban cousins.
Yochai Benkler argues that the mainstream media is our best hope for tempering the radical right.
The Myers-Briggs Bias: An Interview with Merve Emre
Morris on his new film and what he thinks of the man who likened himself to Darth Vader and Satan.
How can women possibly be free if they must carry the burden of reproductive labor?
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.
The Bowen H. McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society at Stanford University has partnered with Boston Review to share content from its fellows and guest lecturers.
“Every night and every morn / Some to misery are born. / Every morn and every night / Some are born to sweet delight. / Some are born to sweet delight, / Some are born to endless night.”
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