From the Editors: Forever Wars

Introducing our Spring 2026 issue.

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War on Iran and the Folly of Regime Change

Essential reading from the BR archive.

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From the Editors: Brute Force and Plunder

Introducing our Winter 2026 issue.

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From the Editors: The Real Border Crisis

Introducing our Fall 2025 issue.

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From the Editors: The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide

Introducing our Summer 2025 issue, which marks our 50th anniversary.

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Celebrating 50 Years of BR

Writers and editors reflect on their favorite pieces from our archive.

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From the Editors: Checks and Balances Won’t Save Us Now

Introducing our Spring 2025 issue.

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From the Editors: Trump’s Return

Introducing our Winter 2025 issue.

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Our Most Loved Pieces of 2024

The essays, reviews, forums, and interviews that readers turned to the most.

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From the Editors: AI Futures

Introducing our Fall 2024 issue.

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From the Editors: We Need More Parties

Introducing our Summer 2024 issue.

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From the Editors: What Is the State For?

Introducing our Spring 2024 issue.

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From the Editors: Can the Democrats Win?

Introducing our Winter 2024 issue.

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After Affirmative Action

Can education fix inequality?

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The Iraq War’s Catastrophic Consequences

Twenty years later, the U.S.-led invasion continues to shape geopolitics for the worse.

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Twenty of Our Most Loved Essays of 2022

From politics, labor, and race to philosophy, literature, and sex.

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Announcing the 2022 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner and Finalists

Congratulations to Parashar Kulkarni!

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Announcing the 2022 Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest Winner and Finalists

Congratulations to Njoku Nonso!

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Announcing the 2021 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner and Finalists

Congratulations to Yiru Zhang!

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‘Ancestors’ Contributors Reading

A recording of our digital reading of poetry, fiction, and essays from our annual literary anthology, with ASL interpreting.

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Celebrating Binyavanga Wainaina’s Fiction

A recording of our discussion about the recovery of one of Wainaina’s lost stories and his continued importance to the African literary landscape.

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A People’s Anthology: Episode Five

The Combahee River Collective Statement.

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A People’s Anthology: Episode Four

“Power Anywhere There’s People” by Fred Hampton.

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A People’s Anthology: Episode Three

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

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