The Garland Fund was not a typical foundation, but its history shows the potential role philanthropy can play in moments of rising authoritarianism—and the tensions inherent in that role.
Winter 2026
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Vindictive Federalism
For decades, national policies have compelled states to pare back eligibility and benefits for social programs. Under Trump, federal austerity has become a tool to punish political enemies.
Know Your Enemy: Tucker Carlson’s Phases and Stages
Matt and Sam talk to Jason Zengerle about his new book, Hated by All the Right People: Tucker Carlson and the Unraveling of the Conservative Mind.
More Than Sewers
The pragmatism of the Milwaukee socialists was inseparable from the international world of socialism that they inhabited and helped to shape.
A Crisis of Conflict Resolution, Not Conflict Studies
A response to “The Demise of Conflict Studies” from our winter issue, followed by a reply by the authors.
ICE on Ice
I am never the first person to arrive at an ICE raid. I am never the last person to leave.
Nick Salvatore: Citizen and Historian
The author of Eugene V. Debs: Citizen and Socialist and other biographies, Nick Salvatore leaves behind a rich legacy that both challenges and inspires us at this historical moment.
Know Your Enemy: The Donroe Doctrine
Matt and Sam discuss Venezuela, Greenland, and the “Donroe Doctrine” with the Progressive International’s David Adler and Matt Kirkegaard.
The Demise of Conflict Studies
An entire industry specializing in mediation, peacekeeping, disarmament, and transitional justice has become largely obsolete.
Mamdani’s Digital Machine
The success of Zohran’s agenda will depend on an ambitious digital strategy that transcends social media performance.
The Left Needs Bureaucrats
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
Know Your Enemy: January 6, Five Years Later
Matt and Sam talk to Robert Draper about his reporting from the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and how the Republican Party “lost its mind” in the months that followed.
The Dignity of All People
Zohran Mamdani’s successes and failures will shape how people around the country think about the viability of a socialist program, and whether socialists are capable of enacting it.
The Trump Doctrine
For years, Venezuelans have been trapped between two rogue states, with many reduced to hoping that one could solve the problem of the other. But it is the Venezuelan people who should decide how Venezuela is governed, and by whom.
Dissent in 2025
Our most read articles this year.
Know Your Enemy: Trump’s Big, Beautiful Ballroom
A conversation with Kate Wagner about Trump’s White House ballroom project and the politics of architecture.
