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Deborah Chasman
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Editor, Boston Review
Cambridge
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Women's Empowerment, Outdoors As A Tool For Health, Chronic Pain Management , Outdoor Recreation, Mental Health , Adventure Travel
entertainment and arts, business and finances
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By Deborah Chasman Verified| Boston Review Verified Dear Reader,Donald Trump spent his first days back in the White House rolling out plans for mass deportations, an unbridled assault on civil rights, and the defunding of vital social programs. Meanwhile, the tech billionaire class has grown even more powerful. Its tightening grip on news and social media—coupled with the Trump administration’s attempts at repression and censorship—poses a serious threat to independent publishing.
By Deborah Chasman Verified| Boston Review Verified Dear Reader,Four years ago, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we published an essay that changed the world. It was written by Amy Moran-Thomas, an anthropologist at MIT. When COVID-19 struck her family in 2020, she became interested in pulse oximeters—ubiquitous medical devices, used to measure oxygen in the blood. She knew that light-sensing devices sometimes produce inaccurate results for patients with darker skin.
By Deborah Chasman Verified| Boston Review Verified Dear Reader,Donald Trump spent his first days back in the White House rolling out plans for mass deportations, an unbridled assault on civil rights, and the defunding of vital social programs. Meanwhile, the tech billionaire class has grown even more powerful. Its tightening grip on news and social media—coupled with the Trump administration’s attempts at repression and censorship—poses a serious threat to independent publishing.
Company Info
Boston Review
Boston Review is a web and print magazine of ideas, politics, and culture. Independent and nonprofit, animated by hope and committed to equality, we believe in the power of collective reasoning and imagination to create a more just world. Our signature feature is the Forum, which subjects arguments on pressing issues of public concern to constructive scrutiny and debate. We take a special interest in matters of injustice—from war, human rights, and mass incarceration to poverty, inequality, and threats to democracy. Our 50-year archive features work by leading writers and public intellectuals, including Noam Chomsky, Susan Sontag, Robin D. G. Kelley, Vivian Gornick, Martha Nussbaum, Judith Butler, Pankaj Mishra, Arundhati Roy, John Rawls, bell hooks, Cornel West, Adrienne Rich, Sadiq Al-Azm, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, among many others. To subscribe, visit https://www.bostonreview.net/memberships What People Are Saying: "An indispensable pillar of the public sphere." —Alondra Nelson "An essential, invaluable resource. Reminds us that thinking is always a collective endeavor and that ideas are expanded, challenged, and improved by being in dialogue." —Astra Taylor "Plays a critically important role in getting ideas out in the world that can have a real impact in confronting the monumental challenges we face today." —Noam Chomsky "Indispensable. . . Brims with that incredible rarity: the sort of writing that can convince people who are not already convinced." —Becca Rothfeld "Some of the most penetrating and challenging cultural commentary, political discussion, and social analysis to be found anywhere in the United States. It is a must read." —Politics and Prose Bookstore, Washington, D.C.
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