Choose your metaphor for the Democrats’ quandaries. Circular firing squad? Refighting 2016? Or 1972? We latch on to a surfeit of speculation mixed with a few shreds of evidence. Acrimony seeks a vacuum. Anxiety is the mother of metaphors. How …
Join Jedediah Britton-Purdy, Aziz Rana, and Alyssa Battistoni for the launch of our Winter 2020 issue.
Matt and Sam welcome their first “enemy” onto the show—Ross Douthat, New York Times columnist and author of the new book The Decadent Society—to talk about the state of conservatism.
Why is the labor movement in Minnesota thriving? SEIU Local 26 joins us to talk about the Twin Cities’ robust network of grassroots worker centers and unions.
A stunningly original and timely collection that makes the case for democratic socialism—American style.
To plumb the depths of the neoconservative soul, Matt and Sam read Norman Podhoretz’s 1967 memoir Making It with David Klion of Jewish Currents.
Workers across France have been on strike over pension reforms for six weeks. Dissent editor at large Colin Kinniburgh joins us from Paris.
A reply to Jeffrey Isaac.
A response to Dimitrina Petrova.
As the deadening pall of national security discourse once again falls over the United States, we need to hold onto the shock and outrage of these first hours.
Four responses to the UK’s general election.
Looking back at some of our best and most-read pieces in 2019.
Sarah and Michelle talk about this year’s biggest labor stories.
A preview of our next issue.
How do we reach across borders to build a truly international labor movement?
