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The Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the city is ours to make.
Zohran's Promise - Dissent MagazineThe Mamdani campaign extended the arena of political participation to ordinary and unseen people of every place and pursuit. The challenge going forward will be sustaining faith in the idea that the city is ours to make.dissentmagazine.orgThe conservative movement has built its case against gender-affirming care on the authority of anachronistic, faulty clinical research.
The Bad Science Behind Trans Medicine Bans - Dissent MagazineThe conservative movement has built its case against gender-affirming care on the authority of anachronistic, faulty clinical research.dissentmagazine.orgThe Supreme Court’s birthright citizenship decision is one year too late and not sufficient to protect our nation of immigrants. Why should we entrust these justices to make nationwide constitutional rules for all conceivable applications in the future?
The Court vs. Democracy - Dissent MagazineAn interview with Julie C. Suk, author of the forthcoming book The Shadow Court, on the Supreme Court's recent decisions and the kind of reforms that would be needed to democratize the judiciary.dissentmagazine.orgWhy are poorer communities consigned to poorer schools? Leaning too far into any individual factor—racism, classism, capitalism, or conservatism—risks missing how they interact and congeal into a problem far worse than the sum of its parts.
Public Education and the Long Tax Revolt - Dissent MagazinePublic schools are in need of major funding reforms, but any egalitarian vision for the American education system will need to overcome a right-wing crusade to dismantle it altogether.dissentmagazine.orgHighlighting the “worst of the worst” implies targeted judiciousness. But these extreme immigration measures tend to sweep up equally extreme numbers of people.
The Uses and Abuses of the “Worst of the Worst” - Dissent MagazineWhile the “worst of the worst” was already part of the lexicon of immigration enforcement before Donald Trump, his administration has routinely wielded it as a tool for advancing a radical, white-nationalist agenda.dissentmagazine.orgPublic schools are in need of major funding reforms, but any egalitarian vision for the American education system will need to overcome a right-wing crusade to dismantle it altogether.
Public Education and the Long Tax Revolt - Dissent MagazinePublic schools are in need of major funding reforms, but any egalitarian vision for the American education system will need to overcome a right-wing crusade to dismantle it altogether.dissentmagazine.orgOperation Metro Surge was never about immigration enforcement. It was about exerting power over a Muslim and Black community that has become too visible economically and politically.
Ten Weeks Under Occupation - Dissent MagazineOperation Metro Surge was the culmination of a decades-long campaign in which conspiratorial crusaders have painted Somalis as a drain on social programs, criminals, and extremists.dissentmagazine.orgThe scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.
The Case for a Third Reconstruction - Dissent MagazineThe scale and depth of the attack on our institutions means that there is no simple way for a pro-democracy coalition to flip the lights back on after Trump. We need transformative thinking.dissentmagazine.orgDonald Trump’s cabinet is replete with unabashed sexual predators, and the president himself has toured among the same influencers and podcasters who socialize and work with Andrew Tate.
Mr. Lonely - Dissent MagazineSome have suggested that young men are drawn to Andrew Tate because they suffer from a dearth of social contact. Yet men go to Tate not to alleviate loneliness but to intensify it.dissentmagazine.orgWhile the phrase “worst of the worst” was already part of the lexicon of immigration enforcement before Donald Trump, his administration has routinely wielded it as a tool for advancing a radical, white-nationalist agenda.
The Uses and Abuses of the “Worst of the Worst” - Dissent MagazineWhile the “worst of the worst” was already part of the lexicon of immigration enforcement before Donald Trump, his administration has routinely wielded it as a tool for advancing a radical, white-nationalist agenda.dissentmagazine.orgWe live under a constitutional system in which a president can do a lot of things that could be flagrantly unconstitutional, but no court has the power to stop them from going into effect for the whole country immediately in every imaginable application.
The Court vs. Democracy - Dissent MagazineAn interview with Julie C. Suk, author of the forthcoming book The Shadow Court, on the Supreme Court's recent decisions and the kind of reforms that would be needed to democratize the judiciary.dissentmagazine.orgPatriarchy teaches men to approach women as sex objects. Capitalism teaches us that the objects surrounding us are inert and barren of any human origin. Andrew Tate stalks the tectonic ridge where these underlying worldviews meet.
Mr. Lonely - Dissent MagazineSome have suggested that young men are drawn to Andrew Tate because they suffer from a dearth of social contact. Yet men go to Tate not to alleviate loneliness but to intensify it.dissentmagazine.orgThe results of New York’s 2026 primary elections can’t be easily dismissed. Recent polling shows that DSA has a higher favorability rating than Congressional Democrats among Democratic voters.
The New York Left’s Super Tuesday - Dissent MagazineThe Democratic Party establishment was not happy about Zohran Mamdani’s election, but most did not treat it as an existential threat. The results of the 2026 primary elections can’t be so easily dismissed.dissentmagazine.orgOperation Metro Surge was never about immigration enforcement. It was about exerting power over a Muslim and Black community that has become too visible economically and politically.
Ten Weeks Under Occupation - Dissent MagazineOperation Metro Surge was the culmination of a decades-long campaign in which conspiratorial crusaders have painted Somalis as a drain on social programs, criminals, and extremists.dissentmagazine.orgAfter the brazenness of the Court’s major decisions this year—on voting rights, executive power, birthright citizenship, and more—what kind of reforms are needed to democratize the judiciary?
The Court vs. Democracy - Dissent MagazineAn interview with Julie C. Suk, author of the forthcoming book The Shadow Court, on the Supreme Court's recent decisions and the kind of reforms that would be needed to democratize the judiciary.dissentmagazine.orgAndrew Tate’s misogyny is much simpler and much lonelier than old-fashioned sexism. There is no marriage or romance, however false and abusive, in Tate’s world.
Mr. Lonely - Dissent MagazineSome have suggested that young men are drawn to Andrew Tate because they suffer from a dearth of social contact. Yet men go to Tate not to alleviate loneliness but to intensify it.dissentmagazine.orgAmericans learn about public lands in history class, but you probably haven’t thought about them much since. Yet this month, Donald Trump reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah by 90 percent.
A New Vision for Public Lands - Dissent MagazinePolicy debates around public lands point to larger unresolved questions about the nature and function of the public trust. What should we do with this national resource at a moment of major transition?dissentmagazine.orgIn the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, housing could have been stabilized and tenants could have been protected. But the private market won.
Fire Sale - Dissent MagazineIn the aftermath of the Eaton and Palisades fires, housing could have been stabilized and tenants could have been protected. But the private market won.dissentmagazine.orgIf there’s one universally held truism in the digital age, it’s that our attention has gone awry. Beyond our rights and entitlements, what forms of attention liberate us from mass conformity?
Attention Stuffed - Dissent MagazineOur future rests on our capacity to make digital technology more boring.dissentmagazine.org