Dissent Magazine

Teachers’ Aides Adjust to the COVID Classroom

Michelle Chen ▪ October 22, 2020

In-person, hybrid, and remote teaching all present different challenges for paraeducators.

Essential and Untrusted

Julia Ticona ▪ Fall 2020

The pandemic has exacerbated an existing child care crisis. Platforms like Care.com are growing, while exposing care workers to new forms of surveillance and discrimination.

Belabored: Essential but Excluded, with Nadia Marin-Molina

Sarah Jaffe and Michelle Chen ▪ October 16, 2020

Community and labor groups are campaigning for equal benefits for undocumented immigrants and other workers excluded from the coronavirus relief packages.

A New Democracy Agenda

J. Mijin Cha, Miles Rapoport, Renitta Shannon and David Duhalde ▪ October 16, 2020

A discussion about voter suppression, electoral reform, and the obstacles for the left in a political system dominated by the wealthy.

Can Biden Be Pushed Left?

Bob Master ▪ October 14, 2020

History suggests that what you see on the campaign trail, or even in a candidate’s past legislative record, is not necessarily what you get from a president once in power.

The Exhausted Radiance of Claudine

Charles Taylor ▪ October 13, 2020

The 1974 romance Claudine is one of the few true depictions of working-class life in a decade of great films that rarely addressed the topic.

Digital Piecework

Veena Dubal ▪ Fall 2020

Homework and piece pay in the garment industry were largely abolished by the global labor struggles that preceded the New Deal. Silicon Valley capitalists have brought the model back.