Impossible series, Digger delights in its own theatricality. But the film takes so much pleasure in autocritique it borders ...

The following was originally published in Unpopular Front.

For the first time since the Second World War, the far right will form a government in Germany. But the rot in Saxony-Anhalt ...

We are thrilled to announce four new editorial board members at Dissent: Sam-Adler-Bell, Aslı Bâli, Veena Dubal, and Joseph A. McCartin. Aslı Bâli is a Howard M. Holtzmann Professor of Law at Yale Law ...

Matt and Sam talk to reporter David Weigel of Semafor about the 2026 midterm elections. Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-BellOctober 5, 2026 Donald Trump at the 2026 Republican National Convention in ...

Data center opponents have assembled a potent political force. But without a more expansive vision, there is a risk that this techlash could be co-opted and fizzle out. Brian J. Chen Fall 2026 ...

When entering Pontiac, Michigan, one is immediately struck by the number and size of its industrial plants. These industrial giants —Pontiac Motors, GMC Truck and Coach, and Fisher Body—make the rest ...

In an era of retrenchment in social policy, food assistance is becoming more generous and inclusive. But Republican politicians are attempting to gut one of the most popular programs: free school ...

I first became aware of George Lichtheim’s powerful and distinctive gifts in 1953 and 1954 when he wrote under the name of “G. L. Arnold,” although I had read him under his real name in Commentary on ...

The old Nixon and the new Nixon are one and the same man: the president of the United States. That is at least one secret of Nixonism. For, alas, it is now necessary to name an ism after a man whose ...

Carmine Casciano, a personable, young junior-high school teacher, acts as my guide to Newark’s “predominantly white” North Ward. He is a district leader and president of the North Ward Young Democrats ...