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

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.
As a species, we produce gardeners, devoted caretakers, and also arsonists.
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Mr In-Between

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.
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Fall 2025

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New Haven Rising

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.
What distinguishes Zohran Mamdani’s socialism is not its aims. It’s his willingness to take seriously the problem of how to get there. J.W. Mason ▪ July 4, 2025 Zohran Mamdani holds a rally on ...
Contemporary automation discourse responds to a real, global trend: there are too few jobs for too many people. But it ignores the actual sources of this trend: deindustrialization, depressed ...
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 ...