The new administration is encouraging state experiments in lean and punitive social policy. Colin Gordon ▪ February 13, 2025 Donald Trump meets with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago on ...
Matt and Sam talk to historian Jennifer Burns about the fascinating life, and brutal philosophy, of Ayn Rand. Matthew Sitman and Sam Adler-Bell ▪ February 10, 2025 Ayn Rand in 1961 (Raimondo ...
The Chinese government has rebuffed bold consumption stimulus policy. But boosting domestic household spending is precisely what the country needs to achieve healthy growth. Ho-fung Hung ▪ ...
Some 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. Zoë Hu ▪ ...
Dissent is a magazine of politics and ideas published in print three times a year. Founded by Irving Howe and Lewis Coser in 1954, it quickly established itself as one of America’s leading ...
The chances for durable peace may depend on Trump’s whims. Joshua Leifer ▪ January 23, 2025 A view of the Gaza Strip from Israel on January 19 (Amir Levy/Getty Images) On Sunday, after a delay ...
Matt and Sam talk to historian Erik Baker about his new book, Make Your Own Job: How the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic Exhausted America. This is a fascinating episode that takes up figures that the ...
The Measure ULA campaign shows how a housing-labor coalition can transform the political landscape, even in the face of staunch special interest reaction. Peter Dreier ▪ Winter 2025 Mansions in ...
After decades of relative stagnation, American housing policy is now several years into a period of radical change and experimentation. In California, where I am policy director for the state-level ...
The New Press, 2024, 400 pp. Last fall, the waters rose in Appalachia and did not stop until many were dead and many more were homeless. As the remnants of Hurricane Helene tore through the region, I ...