Spring 2024

Political Criticism in an Age of Entertainment

These are heroes then-among the plain people-Heroes did you say? And why not? They give all they’ve got and ask no questions and take what comes and what more do you want? -Carl Sandburg, The People, Yes September 11, 2002, …

Arnold Kaufman’s The Radical Liberal was originally published as an entire issue of Dissent and then released as a book by Atherton Press in 1968. Read today, it smacks of its time. One of America’s most divisive presidential elections is …

If the left hopes to remain vital, it needs to attract young people. To do this, it must take stock of the political and cultural experiences of the younger generation. Today, that means the world of what has been called …