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Class & Inequality

Everyday Economists

The postwar generation understood why a prosperous working class is crucial to the economy. Can economics be accessible again to ordinary Americans?

Samuel Bowles, Joshua Cohen

War & Security

Sleeping Through the Alarm

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?

Elaine Scarry, Rachel Ablow

Politics

Choosing Hope

Noam Chomsky and Scott Casleton discuss socialism, anarchism, and the fight for progress in U.S. politics today. 

Noam Chomsky, Scott Casleton

Race

Speaking the Truth

Cornel West and Deborah Chasman discuss the disproportionately white publishing world, the responsibilities and burdens of public life, and the predicament of black intellectuals today.

Cornel West, Deborah Chasman

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

“More Queer Writing, Please”

Andrea Lawlor’s Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl is being celebrated as the vanguard of a new trans lit. In this interview, Lawlor talks about Paul’s origins, trans identity, and the future of queer literature.

Andrea Lawlor, Spencer Quong

Arts in Society, Global Justice

How to Think About Empire

Boston Review speaks with Arundhati Roy on censorship, storytelling, and her problem with the term ‘postcolonialism.’

Arundhati Roy, Avni Sejpal

Reading Lists

Our Favorite Interviews

Susan Sontag. Margaret Atwood. Errol Morris. David Runciman. China Miéville.

Rosie Gillies, Boston Review

Politics

Selling Outrage

Yochai Benkler argues that the mainstream media is our best hope for tempering the radical right. 

Yochai Benkler, Deborah Chasman

Politics

Empire's Racketeers

Wajahat Ali speaks with Pankaj Mishra on the devastating consequences of Western imperialism, globalization, and capitalism and the fate of liberal democracy.

Wajahat Ali, Pankaj Mishra

Arts in Society

Who's Got Personality?

The Myers-Briggs Bias: An Interview with Merve Emre

Merve Emre, Deborah Chasman

Politics

Errol Morris on Steve Bannon’s Dangerous ‘Dharma’

Morris on his new film and what he thinks of the man who likened himself to Darth Vader and Satan.

Errol Morris, Deborah Chasman

Arts in Society

A Strategy for Ruination

An interview with China Miéville.

China Miéville

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