The Best of Dissent Magazine
6 most popular Dissent Magazine articles, as voted by our community.
Democratic socialist since 1954.
Dissent Magazine on Society
The Agoraphobic Fantasy of Tradlife
In an increasingly expensive and antisocial world, tradwives forsake life with others for the lonely, constrictive spaces of bourgeois ownership.
Dissent Magazine on Women
Woman, Life, Freedom: The Origins of the Uprising in Iran
The massive protests in Iran, fueled by the audacity of young women and children, are rooted in over a century of struggle.
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A Cold Drink of Objectivity
In many accounts of the New York intellectuals, the prolific critic Harold Rosenberg seemed to fall through the cracks. Debra Bricker Balken’s biography reclaims him for the pantheon.
The Lost Art of Looking at Nature
While David Attenborough’s work rarely gives center stage to climate change, his project has always been to shift how humans relate to nature.
Beyond the Blob
An interview with Senator Bernie Sanders' foreign policy advisor Matt Duss.
The Sovereign Fed | Dissent Magazine
In terms of crisis governance, the United States is not a country with a central bank. It is a central bank with a country.
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