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Simon Stålenhag’s Alternate Histories
Amazon’s Tales from the Loop has introduced a new audience to the speculative worlds of the Swedish artist, whose books depict worlds in which humanity has, in one way or another, run afoul of technology.
Winter 2022: Repair
Our new arts anthology explores whether and how we can repair from terrible ruptures, life-threatening illnesses and pandemic, toxic politics, racist horrors, and more.
Abortion Is Not a “Choice” Without Racial Justice
After Roe v. Wade, Angela Davis wrote about how the reproductive rights movement was failing women of color. As Roe is dismantled, her diagnosis is more crucial than ever.
Why Policing and Prisons Can’t End Gender Violence
The authors of Abolition. Feminism. Now. discuss why racialized state violence and gender-based violence have to be fought together.
In Search of Foucault’s Last Words
Against the philosopher’s dying wish, the final volume of History of Sexuality has now been published. How should we approach it?
The Humanitarian Disgrace of Australia’s Immigration Regime
Twenty years of cruel anti-immigrant policy have left thousands of asylum seekers in limbo, detained in offshore prisons or in mainland commercial hotels.
Announcing the 2021 Boston Review Annual Poetry Contest Winners
Congratulations to Adebe DeRango-Adem & Simone Person!
What Good Can Dreaming Do?
Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Lathe of Heaven and the radical imagination
What It Means to Watch
On the uncanny relationship between film and reality.
Twenty Years Later, Guantánamo Is Everywhere
The lawless—and ongoing—administration of the prison underwrites the broader democratic crisis we face today.
The Fight for Reparations Cannot Ignore Climate Change
Racial redress should be modeled on the global anticolonial tradition of worldbuilding.
The Deep Structure of Democratic Crisis
The real source of the threat to American democracy.
The Invisible Hand of Greg Tate
Robin D. G. Kelley and Bongani Madondo honor the writer’s life, work, and legacy.
Seeking Certainty in Uncertain Times
An anthropologist reflects on West African divination as a case study in hope during times of great uncertainty.
Our Top Pieces of 2021
From critical race theory to COVID-19 vaccines, here’s what you loved the most.
The Shocking School
The Judge Rotenberg Center, a Massachusetts school, still uses electric shock therapy to punish disabled students. How can an entire field of mental health accept this?
America as a Tactical Gun Culture
The militarization of gun culture in the United States reflects an increasingly energetic defense of white rule.
Classical Music and the Color Line
The field is reckoning with a long legacy of racial exclusion, despite its universalist claims.
Announcing the 2021 Aura Estrada Short Story Contest Winner and Finalists
Congratulations to Yiru Zhang!
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