Rich Yeselson

Sep 24, 2024 | offmessage.net | Brian Beutler |Greg Sargent |Rich Yeselson

Over the weekend, I inserted myself into an argument between and , two political thinkers I admire a lot, about the wisdom of this familiar line of Harris campaign messaging. Rich argues there’s strategic value in “running scared,” and corresponding peril in strategic arrogance—what if you start believing your own bullshit and let your guard down?

Sep 5, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Bijan Stephen |Angus Burgin |Victoria Baena |Rich Yeselson

Crime Online The majority of property crimes now occur online. Our legal system hasn’t caught up. ▪ Fall 2023 Fancy Bear Goes Phishing: The Dark History of the Information Age, in Five Extraordinary Hacksby Scott J. ShapiroFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023, 432 pp. Crime has decreased significantly in the United States since the 1990s. Today, Americans are much less likely to become victims of burglary, theft, arson, and vandalism. But as everyone has moved online, so has crime.

Sep 5, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Bertrand Cooper |Aryeh Neier |Rich Yeselson

To Hell With Poverty In his new book, Matthew Desmond argues that abolishing poverty will require an ambitious moral undertaking. ▪ Fall 2023 Poverty, by Americaby Matthew DesmondCrown, 2023, 304 pp. One of the most revelatory sections in Matthew Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by America, focuses on housing. Excluding truly elite zip codes, such as those in parts of Manhattan, Desmond shows that it often pays more to be a landlord to the poor than to the rich.

Jun 15, 2023 | dissentmagazine.org | Leo Casey |Ruth Milkman |Rich Yeselson

Structure and Solidarity Lasting labor victories depend on coordinating diverse strategies and building the relationships to sustain them. Leo Casey ▪ Spring 2023 Labor Power and Strategyby John Womack Jr., ed. by Peter Olney and Glenn PerušekPM Press, 2023, 208 pp.