The Dignity of Labor
Despite the outpouring of praise for essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, their own interests continue to come second to the broader public’s need for cheap and reliable labor.
Winter 2026
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The Occupation at City Hall
The occupation sought to challenge the priorities of a city government that would choose to cut funding for guidance counselors, park workers, teachers, and other social services while continuing to spend billions on cops.
Will MLB Confront Its Racist History?
The controversy over buildings, statues, and awards honoring racists has finally reached the baseball establishment.
Europe: Will This Crisis Be Different?
As the 2008 financial crisis made clear, without major change at the European level, social democratic responses to the coronavirus crisis will be out of reach for many countries across the continent.
Remembering John Lewis
In a moment when Black Lives Matter has succeeded in bringing longstanding police abuses to public attention, Lewis’s legacy has never been more visible.
The Case for Universal Voting
Universal civic duty voting would represent a milestone in the two-century-long struggle to expand the franchise.
Mississippi Freedom Summer—20 Years Later
In memory of John Lewis, we feature his 1985 reflections on the Mississippi Freedom Summer in Dissent.
Apocalypse Again
For many people, the world has ended again and again.
Vidas Negras Importam
For younger Portuguese people, who have watched Americans take to the streets in support of Black Lives Matter, protesting police brutality feels overdue.
Herman Benson, 1915–2020
In memory of Herman Benson.
The Return of the Labor Question
Absent a sufficient level of density to carry the swing states, unions are seeking to turn out not just their own members but sympathetic communities as well.
Turn Mutual Aid Into Meaningful Work
Community care as formal employment seems necessary in the face of a disaster-prone future. It could also feel a lot better than any large-scale employment on the table now.
Deep Problems
The center may lack imagination and moral vision, but it has one weighty advantage: we all live in the world it built.
Unsteady Work
The central experience of work in the twenty-first century is one of instability. And yet that experience is largely unrecorded in contemporary fiction.
Know Your Enemy: Pandemic Politics, with Marshall Steinbaum and Sarah Jones
Two special guests, Sarah Jones and Marshall Steinbaum, return to the show to help Matt and Sam make sense of the politics of the pandemic.
