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How did a sculptor with neo-Confederate leanings find a home in one of the twentieth century’s most influential liberal salons?
Winter 2026
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Revolution by Candlelight: How South Koreans Toppled a Government
South Korea’s Candlelight Revolution was the culmination of a sustained protest movement that brought out over 16 million people—almost a third of the country’s population.
Watch: Rural Electric Cooperatives and the Unlikely Case for Utility Populism
Dissent contributor Kate Aronoff speaks to C-SPAN about rural electric cooperatives and their potential to seed a grassroots green populism.
Emmanuel Macron’s Assault on French Democracy
As Emmanuel Macron bypasses French democracy to enact a sweeping pro-business agenda, a new resistance is taking shape.
Can Labor Still Use the Wagner Act?
As American workers face down the national right-to-work regime threatened by Janus v. AFSCME, the Wagner Act’s vision of workplace democracy bears revisiting.
Why Trump Won Rural America
Almost a year later, pundits are still struggling to understand why Trump won so handily in rural America. The answer lies in the failure of the political system to address, or even acknowledge, small-town economic struggles.
Booked: The Revenge of the Ruling Class, with Corey Robin
Corey Robin talks about the new edition of his book, The Reactionary Mind, and Donald Trump’s conservative pedigree.
The Ghost in The Ballot Box: Catalonia’s Crisis in Context
Franco’s legacy and the memory of authoritarian rule in Spain loomed over last week’s Catalan independence referendum—a pivotal episode in a century-long conflict.
Belabored Podcast #136: Countdown to Janus, with Andy Stettner
Janus v. AFSCME is the Supreme Court case labor has been dreading. Andrew Stettner of the Century Foundation joins us to talk what it means for workers and unions.
Learning from Fannie Lou Hamer
A shrewd movement strategist, Fannie Lou Hamer rose from abject poverty to reshape the American political order.
Trump Disrupts the Valley
Why the titans of Silicon Valley—long tied to the Democrats—have been warming up to Trumpism.
1917 Still Shakes the World
A hundred years ago, political earthquakes shook the globe; their tremors rattle us still.
Introducing the special section of our Fall issue.
Fault Lines
“He was late for all the same reasons he was late each day, he was running for all the same reasons he ran each day. . .”
A short story.
Germany: The End of the Mighty SPD?
Once an anchor of European social democracy, Germany’s Social Democratic Party has suffered its worst loss since 1932. Can it reclaim the mantle of opposition from the far-right AfD?
[EVENT | October 5–6] The Crisis of Democracy
Join the Albert Shanker Institute, Dissent, and many more for a two-day conference on the Crisis of Democracy, October 5–6 in Washington, D.C.
