By intimidating and disarming potential sources of legal resistance, Trump weakens one of the last institutional barriers standing between his administration and unbridled executive power.
Dissent
Paul Goodman Replies
I don’t want to answer Mike Walzer in any detail, since much of what he says by way of criticism I also strongly affirm in my book—he is not a close reader. Perhaps I write too much in the old …
Sex and the State
Paisley Currah’s Sex Is as Sex Does raises questions about efforts to achieve equal recognition under laws that sanction repression and inequality.
How to Revive the Labor Movement
In The Future We Need, Erica Smiley and Sarita Gupta argue for extending collective bargaining beyond the workplace.
Trapped by Empire
The government of Guam has appointed a Commission on Decolonization, but U.S. control means that all of the island’s options, including the status quo, have substantial downsides.
Know Your Enemy: Triumph of the Therapeutic, with Hannah Zeavin and Alex Colston
A discussion on Philip Rieff, a conservative sociologist concerned that society was being driven by therapeutic ideas and psychological institutions rather than by religious or political ones.
The Communist Collapse
__ SEPTEM 1’IER 7 ,1991 • he remarkable events in the Sovie t Union since the failed coup of August IS- remarkable both for the depth and rapidity of change-make it almost reckless 10 venture a serious comment as we …
Nurses End Strike in New York
After a three-day strike, the New York State Nurses Association announced it had reached tentative agreements with two hospitals that will strengthen safe staffing standards.
Righteous Anger
Introducing our Winter 2023 special section, “Feminism After Dobbs.”
Iran’s Cinema of Resistance
Independent filmmakers offer a vital portal into the historic struggle against the theocratic regime.
Reproductive Rights at the Bargaining Table
A roundtable on Dobbs and organized labor.
The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Ghost of Margaret Sanger
Religious conservatives see “anti-eugenic” state laws as the most promising avenue for establishing a federal ban on abortion. Much of the feminist left is ill-equipped to deal with this threat.