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4 days ago · Far from safeguarding democracy, America’s system of government helped create this authoritarian moment—and only mass movements can get us beyond it. A political and …

“An indispensable pillar of the public sphere.” —Alondra Nelson. Boston Review is a political and literary forum—a public space for discussion of ideas, politics, and culture. Independent and …

Winter 2025. Donald Trump is back in the White House. How did he get there, what’s next, and how do we resist? Fall 2024. Generative AI tools, released by a handful of powerful tech …

Apr 16, 2025 · This is the first installment of a new bimonthly column by David Austin Walsh. “A moment of reckoning has arrived for the West.” So say Alexander Karp and Nicholas Zamiska, …

May 6, 2025 · More recently, the Trump administration has exacted even more suppression. First it suspended $400 million of federal funding to Columbia, conditioning its restoration on …

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Editors’ Note The New MAGA Coalition. David Austin Walsh. Blood Ties. Jeanne Morefield. Election Chronicles. Robin D. G. Kelley on the only path forward, Mark Schmitt on the new …

Through Trump’s first 100 days in office, courts have played a leading role in resistance to the authoritarian onslaught. Our next issue—featuring Lisa L. Miller, John Ganz, Kelly Hayes, …

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