The super-rich opt out of the social contract by picking and choosing which laws apply to them, whether in offshore tax havens or at home.
Winter 2025
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The Degradation of Big Law
By intimidating and disarming potential sources of legal resistance, Trump weakens one of the last institutional barriers standing between his administration and unbridled executive power.
Will Federal Workers Rediscover Their Militancy?
Trump has destroyed a federal system of labor relations that helped contain conflict for decades. The move could have unintended consequences.
Dissent: Now More Than Ever!
Join Dissent on April 8 for a special fundraiser in New York City.
A Place to Call Home
Tenant organizers demand that housing be more than just a bare roof over your head, and in doing so they make space for a full life.
Know Your Enemy: Becoming Elon Musk, Part Two
In the second of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam examine key moments in the billionaire’s political derangement, his purchase of Twitter, and his role in Trump’s second term.
Tenants on the March: An Interview With Cea Weaver
“Organizing tenants has the potential to shape the political landscape for decades to come.”
Trump’s Antisocial State
The administration is attempting to incapacitate the redistributive and social protective arms of the state, while exploiting its vast bureaucratic powers to silence, threaten, and deport.
Know Your Enemy: Becoming Elon Musk, Part One
In the first of two episodes on Elon Musk, Matt and Sam explore the billionaire’s fraught adolescence and first years in Silicon Valley.
The Abduction of Mahmoud Khalil
If the secretary of state can simply declare a legal permanent resident deportable based on their constitutionally protected activities, the First Amendment no longer applies to noncitizens.
Fissures in Trumpworld?
There will surely be turf wars and palace intrigue within the administration, but there is little reason to think that its core figures will fracture in the pursuit of their basic goal: to break the twentieth-century state.
How Sheriffs Undermine Democracy
An interview with Jessica Pishko, author of The Highest Law in the Land.
Settler Terror Continues in the West Bank
Our documentary No Other Land won an Oscar, but the conditions it depicts are only getting worse.
The Ideology Behind Trump’s Favorite President
Following the teachings of Murray Rothbard, Javier Milei wants to dismantle the state while also using it to consolidate his power.
Labor’s Partisans: A Dissent Anthology
A collection of Dissent’s writing on the union movement is out now. Get your copy today.
Remembering Is Not Enough
I’m Still Here defies the far right’s attempts to redeem Brazil’s military dictatorship. But it suggests a tidier closure to the regime’s disappearances than many real families have experienced.
