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Employers, Not Immigrants, Hurt American Workers
Non-college-educated U.S.-born workers have every reason to be enraged by declining wages and living standards, but more restrictive immigration policies won’t solve these problems.
The Age of Revolution from Below
A more complete, bottom-up picture of the role sailors and Black political actors played in making the Atlantic world.
Polarization or Propaganda?
Two theories paint very different pictures of the sources of our democratic dysfunction. The debate won’t be settled by accusations of political convenience.
Night Picnic
The last humans on a planet attempt a nice family outing—except that they can’t remember how. A short story from Japanese counterculture icon Izumi Suzuki, available for the first time in English in a new translation by Sam Bett.
The New Politics of Higher Education
The right’s fantasy of left power on campus has never been accurate.
From the Editors: Redesigning AI
Our new book offers a deeper understanding of the current challenges of AI and a rich, constructive, morally urgent vision for redirecting its course.
“The People Really Have the Power”
Noam Chomsky on the Capitol coup attempt, 2020 unrest, and the Biden administration.
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.
Why Democracy Needs Privacy
The more someone knows about us, the more they can influence us. We can wield democratic power only if our privacy is protected.
The Violent Embrace
The Atlanta shooter comes from a culture that connects Asian women to sex and violence. It has its origins in U.S. wars—particularly the Korean War—and is fueled by our continued military presence in Asia.
Binguni!
Celebrated writer Binyavanga Wainaina’s first piece of fiction was thought to be lost. Recently rediscovered, it appears here twenty-five years after it originally debuted.
Angels of History
In the 1974 cult-classic teleplay Penda’s Fen, the past holds the key to escaping the catastrophic present.
How We Speak About the Failure of the PLO
Accounts still get the history of Palestinian diplomacy wrong.
New Book: Redesigning AI
Exploring work, democracy, and justice in the age of automation, Daron Acemoglu and other contributors sketch an urgent vision for redirecting the course of technological change for good. Preorder our Spring 2021 book now.
Petra Kelly and the Radical Green Past
The Greens are on track to become Germany’s second strongest party. Was abandoning radicalism was the right choice?
Writing Our Ancestors
A recording of the launch event for Boston Review’s new literary anthology, Ancestors. Renowned writers read their poems, fiction, and more.
Spectacle and Social Murder in Pandemic India
Narendra Modi’s government has used lockdown to force further neoliberalization and continue its assault on pro-democracy activists.
The Quest to Tell Science from Pseudoscience
The fate of Karl Popper’s criterion: “falsifiability.”
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