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Arts in Society

Women Who Fly: Nona Hendryx and Afrofuturist Histories

A Sun Ra tribute concert by a member of the pathbreaking pop group Labelle leads to reflections on how Black women artists and scientists have often been at the vanguard of their disciplines—though most are still awaiting due recognition.

Emily Lordi

Politics

Decolonizing Politics

In his latest book, famed African political philosopher Mahmood Mamdani considers how to restore the full benefits of citizenship to permanent minorities in post-colonial societies.

Hari Ramesh

Race, Science & Nature

An Antiracist Agenda for Medicine

Colorblind solutions have failed to achieve racial equity in health care. We need both federal reparations and real institutional accountability.

Bram Wispelwey, Michelle Morse

Race

Who Is Afraid of Race?

There is a cost to advancing caste as the preeminent analytic in place of race—we lose the precision that comes with naming our affliction a problem of anti-Blackness. We mistake the map for the territory, the skin for the bones, and the bones for the skin.

Panashe Chigumadzi

Race

Why Cornel West’s Tenure Fight Matters

I wrote letters for West’s hire and renewal at Harvard. The school’s administrators completely miss the point of tenure.

Robin D. G. Kelley

Podcast, Race

A People’s Anthology: Episode Six

Assata Shakur — “Women in Prison: How It Is With Us”

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Podcast, Race

A People’s Anthology: Episode Five

The Combahee River Collective Statement

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Podcast, Race

A People’s Anthology: Episode Four

Fred Hampton — “Power Anywhere There’s People”

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Podcast, Race

A People’s Anthology: Episode Two

Jack O’Dell — “The July Rebellions and the ‘Military State’”

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Podcast, Race

A People’s Anthology: Episode Three

Jesse Gray — “The Black Revolution: A Struggle for Political Power”

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Podcast, Race

A People’s Anthology

Our members-only podcast is now available to all! A reading series of radical essays and speeches, season one highlights six short texts related to Black liberation struggles in the U.S., from Claudia Jones to the Combahee River Collective.

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Podcast, Race

A People’s Anthology: Episode One

Claudia Jones — “An End of the Neglect of the Problems of the Negro Woman!”

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

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