Union Power After the Election
The development of a social democratic faction in the Democratic Party has given labor a chance to punch above its weight. But access alone isn’t power. Dissent MagazineDissent Magazine More...
The 2020 Elections: A Roundtable
Five Dissent editorial board members discuss what the elections tell us about the path ahead for the left, center, and right in American politics. Dissent MagazineDissent Magazine More...
A World Without Work?
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 investment, and ultra-wealthy More...
Hal Rogers’s Kentucky Kingdom
The second-longest-serving Republican in the House isn’t as well-known as Mitch McConnell, but he has pioneered a model of political economy replicated to grim effect across rural America. Dissent MagazineDissent More...
A Blow for Labor Rights in California
Gig workers were barely scraping by even before companies like Uber spent $ 200 million on the successful campaign to pass Proposition 22. Now, two paths lie ahead: one paved by corporate cash, and the other blazed More...
The Rise of Border Fascism
Far-right groups threaten violence amid a contested election. How did we get here? Dissent MagazineDissent Magazine More...
“What’s Actually Going on in Our Nursing Homes”: An Interview with Shantonia Jackson
The structural conditions shaping care work are highly exploitative—and are profoundly linked to the high degree of COVID-19’s spread within both long-term care facilities and the communities that supply their More...
Know Your Enemy: Suburban Woman, with Dorothy Fortenberry
Dorothy Fortenberry, playwright and writer on The Handmaid’s Tale, talks about gender and politics, the work women do, the importance of institutions, the #Resistance, and more. Dissent MagazineDissent Magazine More...
Belabored: Trump’s Broken Promises
Trump and Pence claim that industrial jobs are “booming” under their leadership. In Lordstown and Indianapolis, local labor organizers tell a different story. Dissent MagazineDissent Magazine More...
Misery at the Happiest Place on Earth
A massive round of Disney Parks layoffs is acutely felt in Florida. Dissent MagazineDissent Magazine More...
