Dissent

Matt and Sam talk to Sam Tanenhaus about his long-awaited biography of William F. Buckley Jr.

What distinguishes Zohran Mamdani’s socialism is not its aims. It’s his willingness to take seriously the problem of how to get there.

We have witnessed the destructive effects of financialization. Can the millions held in bank deposits, corporate equities, and bonds be used instead to provide for society’s most pressing needs?

An interview with Jeffrey Wasserstrom, author of The Milk Tea Alliance.

The conservative movement has built its case against gender-affirming care on the authority of anachronistic, faulty clinical research.

The task of this moment is to build a broad front that can resist authoritarianism. The recent protests are early skirmishes in the fight that will be needed.

A discussion with Alex Press and E. Tammy Kim, moderated by Natasha Lewis.

To understand everything that happens in Latin America in relation to the United States is to brush aside inconvenient details in favor of a morality play.

A discussion with Zach Lou and Moira Birss, moderated by Patrick Iber.

Matt and Sam discuss Christopher Caldwell’s The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties, a broadside against the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

Matt and Sam talk to Andrew Marantz about “bro” podcasts and their role in Trump’s election victory.

Our empathy seems to make us righteous—even as we benefit from an unequal world.