About Dissent Magazine

Founded in 1954, Dissent is a long-running American intellectual magazine of politics and culture. Through essays, commentary and criticism, the magazine has provided a forum for writers and thinkers to engage with the political, social and cultural questions of their time.

A Primary Source for Political and Cultural Research

Dissent Magazine Archive brings together decades of political argument and cultural criticism, allowing researchers to examine how ideas, perspectives and debates developed over time.

With 264 issues presented cover to cover, researchers can explore articles alongside covers, advertisements and other content as they originally appeared, providing greater context for the conversations of their time.

Articles and cover pages are indexed with subject terms, making relevant material easier to discover and explore through EBSCOhost and EBSCO Discovery Service.

Subjects Covered

  • American politics
  • Culture and society
  • Foreign affairs
  • Labor and economics
  • Political thought
  • Public policy
  • Social issues and inequality
  • Social movements