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A new digital archive reveals the extent of the federal government’s role in fueling and enforcing midcentury housing discrimination.
Winter 2025
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On Blueness: A Conversation with Joshua Bennett
Joshua Bennett talks about writing poetry after Ferguson.
The TPP’s Last Stand
A fast-tracked trade agreement of this scale, passed by a lame-duck Congress, would be doubly illegitimate.
Standing Rock: Facing Increased Repression, “Water Protectors” Hold Their Ground
Journalist and organizer Desiree Kane brings us an update from Standing Rock, where Native American activists and their allies are gearing up for the winter as pipeline construction resumes.
Belabored Podcast #114: Striking the Ivory Tower, with Harvard Workers
We speak with two Harvard workers, Kecia Pugh and Anabela Pappas, and UNITE HERE organizer Tiffany Ten Eyck about the ongoing strike at the country’s most elite university.
Memorial for Bogdan Denitch | November 29
On Tuesday, November 29, join the Sociology Department at CUNY Graduate Center and Dissent editors in remembering the life of Bogdan Denitch.
Belabored Podcast #113: Chicago Teachers Strike Back, with Sarah Chambers
The Chicago Teachers Union is on the verge of another major strike—one that could be even longer and nastier than the union’s landmark 2012 fight. Public school teacher and CTU activist Sarah Chambers lays out the stakes.
[EVENT | October 6] Fall Issue Reading Party
Join us on Thursday, October 6 for an evening of short readings from our Fall issue.
Booked: Learning How to Be a Black Man in America, with Mychal Denzel Smith
An interview with Mychal Denzel Smith about his book, Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching, and why the language of universalism is not going to solve all of our problems.
A Debate Without Class
The debate may have helped Hillary Clinton’s chances in November. But if she truly wants to set the United States on a path toward greater economic equality, Clinton will have to put class politics front and center.
Hillary Clinton’s Debate Victory
After two weeks of losing ground in key battleground states, Hillary Clinton needed a good showing at last night’s first head-to-head presidential debate with Donald Trump. She did better than that.
Poland’s Pro-Death Bill
Over the past week, thousands have taken the streets to protest a complete ban on abortion in Poland, which already has some of the strictest anti-abortion laws in Europe. One of the founders of Krytyka Polityczna explains why she’s taking part in the protests.
Why Colin Kaepernick Is Winning
Colin Kaepernick isn’t the first sports star to defy the national anthem. It took a movement to make his protest stick.
Belabored Podcast #112: Striking India, with Vamsi Vakulabharanam and Gautam Mody
Last week’s general strike in India might have been the largest strike in history.
Belabored Podcast #111: Workers’ Rights for Graduate Employees, with Lindsey Dayton
Lindsey Dayton from the Graduate Workers of Columbia joins us to talk about the recent NLRB ruling that graduate students who work for private universities are employees and have the right to unionize.
