Dissent

In Sally Rooney’s latest novel, class struggle is presented as just one more thing to be debated.

The spread of COVID-19 in classrooms has revealed an infrastructure problem made worse by the way the United States finances improvements to school buildings.

Over the past several decades, the shift of public goods and services into the control of corporations has taken a toll on their quality, increased inequality, undermined labor and civil rights, and made government less accountable. How can we restore our ownership of...

The return of the dynastic firm isn’t enough to explain the radicalization of the GOP.

Todd Gitlin, activist, academic, writer, and longtime member of Dissent’s editorial board, died on February 5. Here he is remembered by his friends, colleagues, and comrades: Michael Kazin, Brian Morton, Susie Linfield, Mitchell Cohen, Jo-Ann Mort, and Jeffrey C....

In Reconsidering Reparations, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò ties the history of global racial empire to climate politics, and asks who should bear the costs of a better world.

By telling her story, tennis champion Peng Shuai has revealed how a violent power structure hides its violence, and the perverse way in which it drags in its victims.

A guide to the conservative war on public education, from fights over desegregation to the critical race theory gag orders sweeping the nation today.

Long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue-collar jobs to one of the toughest in America. What does this transformation mean for the ongoing supply chain crisis, and the future of trucking?

Special section editor Mike Konczal in conversation with J.W. Mason, Sanjukta Paul, and Deva Woodly.

Workers are being asked, once again, to keep working despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. As employers push for a return to “normal,” how should we deal with the risks of returning to work?