DISSENT

MARCH 13. 2025

Fissures in Trumpworld?

There will surely be turf wars and palace intrigue within the administration, but there is little reason to think that its core figures will fracture in the pursuit of their basic goal: to break the twentieth-century state.

MARCH 11. 2025

How Sheriffs Undermine Democracy

An interview with Jessica Pishko, author of The Highest Law in the Land.

MARCH 6. 2025

Settler Terror Continues in the West Bank

Our documentary No Other Land won an Oscar, but the conditions it depicts are only getting worse.

MARCH 4. 2025

The Ideology Behind Trump’s Favorite President

Following the teachings of Murray Rothbard, Javier Milei wants to dismantle the state while also using it to consolidate his power.

FEBRUARY 28. 2025

Remembering Is Not Enough

I'm Still Here defies the far right's attempts to redeem Brazil's military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime's disappearances than many real families have experienced.

FEBRUARY 24. 2025

Market Failure

A discussion between Brett Christophers and Adam Tooze, moderated by Kate Aronoff, about the climate crisis and the limits of capitalism.

FEBRUARY 21. 2025

Trump and Musk’s War on Workers

Organized labor and its allies can and must do much more to respond to the crisis created by DOGE and the Trump administration.

FEBRUARY 13. 2025

A New Era of Punitive Social Policy

Red state governors and legislators are parroting Trump’s every move, promising to slash spending, and looking to tear down federal standards or guardrails that get in their way.

FEBRUARY 11. 2025

Supply and the Housing Crisis: A Debate

How do we achieve housing for all?

FEBRUARY 6. 2025

China’s Long Economic Slowdown

The Chinese government has rebuffed bold consumption stimulus policy. But boosting domestic household spending is precisely what the country needs to achieve healthy growth.

FEBRUARY 4. 2025

“The Worst of the Worst”

Guantánamo represents a place beyond the reach of morality and the law, where America’s most dangerous enemies can be thrown, never to be seen again.

JANUARY 30. 2025

The Battle Over Los Angeles’s Mansion Tax

The Measure ULA campaign shows how a housing-labor coalition can transform the political landscape, even in the face of staunch special interest reaction.

JANUARY 28. 2025

Pride and Prejudice

For Arlie Russell Hochschild, understanding why rural voters favor Trump requires coming to grips with the role of emotion in politics.

JANUARY 23. 2025

A Fragile Ceasefire in Gaza

The chances for durable peace may depend on Trump's whims.