The Todd Gitlin Archive
A selection of pieces Todd Gitlin wrote for Dissent.
Spring 2025
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Know Your Enemy: School Wars, with Jennifer Berkshire
A guide to the conservative war on public education, from fights over desegregation to the critical race theory gag orders sweeping the nation today.
Belabored: Trucker Supply Crisis? With Steve Viscelli
Long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue-collar jobs to one of the toughest in America. What does this transformation mean for the ongoing supply chain crisis?
[EVENT | January 25] Winter Issue Launch: Beyond Bidenomics
Special section editor Mike Konczal in conversation with J.W. Mason, Sanjukta Paul, and Deva Woodly.
Belabored: Dangerous Work, with Debbie Berkowitz and Xian Barrett
Workers are being asked, once again, to keep working despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. As employers push for a return to “normal,” how should we deal with the risks of returning to work?
Know Your Enemy: Joan Didion, Conservative, with Sam Tanenhaus
Why did Joan Didion love Barry Goldwater but hate Ronald Reagan? Historian Sam Tanenhaus helps make sense of Didion’s conservatism.
Beyond Bidenomics
A preview of our next issue.
Dissent in 2021
A look at our most-read articles this year.
Know Your Enemy: Hindsight is 2021
Matt and Sam answer listener questions about Garry Wills, human nature, how and whether to interview conservatives, Nixon, Bob Dylan, and bourbon.
Belabored: The Great Resignation
Rebecca Kolins Givan and C.M. Lewis look back at the year in labor.
Know Your Enemy: Young, Radical, and on the Right, with Nate Hochman
A rising star on the intellectual right joins Matt and Sam for a conversation on where the right and left might agree, and—especially—where they do not.
[EVENT | December 16] Belabored Live: The Great Resignation
Join us on Thursday, December 16 for a live episode of Belabored.
Belabored: Supply Chain Chaos, with Charmaine Chua
A discussion on global shipping, just-in-time manufacturing, and why fixing the supply chain means rethinking endless growth.
Know Your Enemy: Return of the National Conservatives
The second National Conservatism conference showed that the ideology has moved into the mainstream of the American right.
Belabored: Our Neglected Human Infrastructure, with Sadé Dozan
Sadé Dozan of Caring Across Generations discusses the Build Back Better bill, which would put some $150 billion into Medicaid-supported homecare services.
