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The Most Radical City on the Planet

Jackson has a long history of black resistance—a seeming contradiction in a state better known for its stubborn poverty, violent Confederate fan boys, and deeply entrenched black oppression. 

Makani Themba

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How Race Made the Opioid Crisis

The opioid crisis and the War on Drugs are intertwined in the mutually reinforcing framework of racial capitalism.

Donna Murch

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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

Politics

Quantifying Love

Reputational currency, like China's Social Credit Score, rebrands repression as rational nudging. And these algorithmic governance models are spreading.

Frank Pasquale

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Racist Logic

The spring issue tackles how racist thinking can be found in surprising—and often overlooked—places. From the origins of the opioid epidemic to the global surrogacy industry, contributors not only explore the institutional structures that profit from black suffering, but also point the way to racial justice. PREORDER TODAY.

Boston Review

Politics

The End of the End of History

What does it mean to live in a world in which history has rusted under the monstrous weight of the permanent now?

Maximillian Alvarez

War & Security

Banking on the Cold War

The Cold War says more about how U.S. elites imagined their “freedom” than it does about enabling other people to be free.

Nikhil Pal Singh

Gender & Sexuality

Every Woman Is a Working Woman

Silvia Federici interviewed by Jill Richards. 

Silvia Federici, Jill Richards

Gender & Sexuality

A History of Cyborg Sex, 2018–73

How sex with robots became safer—and better—than sex with actual men.

Cathy O'Neil

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MLK Now

Canonization has prevented a reckoning with the substance of King’s intellectual, ethical, and political commitments.

Brandon M. Terry

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All Reproduction Is Assisted

Feminism needs better reproductive strategies.

Merve Emre

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Once and Future Feminist

What can tech do for feminism? Our latest issue looks at the promises and the perils. Buy your copy today.