The US-based magazine Boston Review has announced short story and poetry contests, each worth $500, both based on "a new contest model shaped by social justice and accessibility concerns." The magazine, among whose editors is Junot Diaz, is most noted in the African literary

On the day the Earth is supposed to end, Karen is entrusted to open the YMCA. An excerpt from New York Times bestseller Ruta’s new novel.

The work of Haitian-Dominican poet Jacques Viau Renaud recalls a time when the two sides of the Caribbean island were united by their visions for an equal society.

Under the guise of fighting hate speech, the ADL has a long history of wielding its moral authority to attack Arabs, blacks, and queers.

The real problem is the political economy of the Internet.

We too often have Stockholm syndrome with growth.

The Apple Carnegie Library embodies recent developments in philanthropy that should trouble us: the uncritical valorization of philanthro-capitalism and the privatization of public goods and public…

Foreign election interference is more of a threat than misinformation.

Norms are not policy goals, but commitments to democratic process.

Debate over Title IX affirmative consent standards has assumed that consent is the best basis for a feminist sexual politics. But what if it isn’t?

Islamic jurisprudence does not encourage abortion, but unlike the Catholic Church, it does not absolutely forbid it.

Before Roe, abortion providers operated on the margins of medicine. They still do.

The idea that a fetus has rights cannot be bypassed as nonsense. We have to take the idea seriously.

Up till now it’s been a story about ivy pulling down arches. Pipe cleaners shifting to dust in the attic sun. We’ve stopped worrying so much about worrying. Lights on a dimmer. Then suddenly, bears:…

As Germans learned after World War II, combatting fascist language is harder than just deleting offending terms. Can we find a creative solution that serves today’s needs?

Democracies rely on the free exchange of ideas and information, but that freedom can also be weaponized to erode democratic debate. How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the…

We must be wary of weakening the strengths of democracy.

The solution is more democracy, not less.

Hillary Clinton is the first major politician to support abortion without qualification. And she has never polled better with millennials.

A new year-long project from Boston Review.

Democracies rely on the free exchange of ideas and information, but that freedom can also be weaponized to erode democratic debate. How can democratic societies protect—and protect themselves from—the…

With democracy now subject to sharp challenges, we are rededicating ourselves to it with a project that aims to pave the way for policymakers and citizens to rethink conventional options.