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Astra Taylor and Leah Hunt-Hendrix discuss their new book, Solidarity: The Past, Present, And Future of a World-Changing Idea.
Two prominent litigators discuss decades of progress, the backlash today, and the road ahead.
An interview with poet Fady Joudah about writing his latest collection, [...], amid war in Gaza.
Jefferson Cowie speaks with Aziz Rana about whether the language of freedom can be taken back from its "sordid history" in the U.S. context.
Becca Rothfeld speaks with Samuel Moyn about his book Liberalism Against Itself and why liberalism is in crisis.
Lewis Gordon and Nathalie Etoke discuss the space for freedom opened up by Black existentialist thought.
Janice Fine explains how “co-enforcement”—a bold new model for upholding labor law—is linking the state to social movements.
Jeanne Theoharis speaks with Lerone A. Martin on the white Christian legacy of J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI.
Jeanne Theoharis speaks with Margaret Burnham on her work in reconstructing Jim Crow terror, within and outside the law.
N'Kosi Oates speaks with J.T. Roane about Philadelphia's spatial politics and resistance to racial containment.
Amna Akbar talks with Bernard Harcourt about his new book—and how we can build on existing forms of cooperation to transform society.
Martha Nussbaum on her new book—and why a full development of our humanity requires developing our capacities to care for animals.
Despite debates about scientific certainty, we do not need 100 percent consensus on a scientific claim to accept it as true.
Robin D. G. Kelley on the midterm elections.
Trans-inclusive policies are essential, but efforts to establish them must not lose sight of the structural oppressions that trans people face.
Where is the line between professional philosophy and self-help? And how did we end up with this stark divide?
Noam Chomsky on lies, crimes, and savage capitalism.
Feminist philosophers Kate Soper and Lynne Segal discuss the unsustainable obsession with economic growth and consider what it might look like if we all worked less.
Boston Review speaks with Rachel Rebouché on the post-Dobbs legal landscape.
The strategy of “leaderless resistance” has allowed white power activists to disguise the extent of their organizing.
Younger voices are using technology to respond to the needs of marginalized communities and nurture Black healing and liberation.
David Hogg and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz discuss replacement theory, the gunman’s manifesto, and how we organize against violent white supremacy.
The system's roots aren't in rescuing children, but in the policing of Black, Indigenous, and poor families.
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