The special section of Dissent’s Fall issue, The Right to a Home, is edited by historian Thomas Sugrue, author of Origins of the Urban Crisis, and by Dissent senior editor Colin Kinniburgh.

Join Dissent magazine and the New School for two days of discussion with scholars, activists, and journalists from across the Americas about the challenges and opportunities for left politics in the r ...

As a species, we produce gardeners, devoted caretakers, and also arsonists.

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As “eds and meds” reshape working-class New Haven, labor and community groups are joining forces to transform the service economy and build a more democratic city.

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Working on Dissent has been both a great pleasure and a ceaseless responsibility. It is time to let others have all the fun and carry most of the burden.

In his first Editor’s Page for Dissent in 2009, Michael Kazin commented on the disappointment many felt after the election of Barack Obama. “His 2008 campaign, remarkable as it was, did not revive the ...

How the Left Lost the Working Class and How to Win Them Back. This is not because her argument—that Democrats need to show ...

This is a process to which not just the strongman contributes but also his enablers or allies, and even at times the ...

Progressives will only make lasting progress with Latino voters if they examine not just why Trump was appealing, but also why the left was not.

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