Dissent

In the spectacularly violent world of Squid Game, exploitation and brutality are built on the illusion of choice.

Sarah Jones discusses her recent essay, “An Atheist Reconsiders God in the Pandemic.”

Academia once seemed to provide an escape from capitalism. Two new novels question the very concept of refuge itself.

Introducing our Fall 2021 special section, “Back to School.”

Even if community colleges were fully funded, students could still face a curriculum and styles of instruction that reinforce their unequal position in the social order.

Class and race have shaped the realities of online learning in deep, sometimes unexpected ways.

Organizers now recognize that to remake higher education as a public good, they must fight and win at the national level.

Student experiments in DIY justice point to the shortcomings of the current Title IX system in confronting sexual harm on campuses.

Eve Livingston’s new book, Make Bosses Pay, aims to get young people connected to unions and to push unions to engage more with the working class as it is today: diverse, precarious, and perhaps on the brink of rebellion.

A roundtable on how COVID-19 has changed American universities.

Following Mexico’s Supreme Court ruling to decriminalize abortion, feminists in the country continue to help people access care. Their work can serve as a model for U.S. activists navigating the limits of state health services.