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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.
Derecka Purnell discusses her new book Becoming Abolitionists, how she came to join the movement against policing and prisons, and what a just world looks like.
Artist-activist Shellyne Rodriguez speaks with Billie Anania about museum labor practices and how Strike MoMA imagines a future of art for the people.
Watch our release of documentary short The Rifleman, which examines how NRA head Harlon Carter fused gun rights, immigration enforcement, and white supremacy. Then read an interview with filmmaker Sierra Pettengill and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.
Noam Chomsky on his new book, the Capitol coup attempt, 2020 unrest, and the prospects for progress under Biden.
In this searching interview, legendary Black Arts poet Sonia Sanchez discusses the ancestral influences on her work and how art can give us strength.
Part two of a conversation on voter turnout, vote counting, and what we can expect now.
Astra Taylor talks with Rutgers faculty union president Todd Wolfson about organizing academic communities in the age of COVID-19.
On the tenth anniversary of radical historian Howard Zinn’s death, Cornel West opens up about their friendship and what Zinn would have made of the decade—including whether he would have voted for Bernie.
Judith Butler talks with Brandon M. Terry about MLK, the grievability of black lives, and how to defend nonviolence today.
With virtually no democratic oversight and over 6,500 missiles in the United States alone, the use of nuclear weapons is almost inevitable. So why is it so hard to think about nuclear war?
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