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To Young Idealists in the Mold of Paul Goodman

To aforesaid idealists, a chance to win a prize and publish in Dissent by answering this question: “What is one of the pressing social and political issues of our time, and how would you address it?” The contest is being run in conjunction with a forthcoming documentary on the twentieth-century radical social critic Paul Goodman (“Paul Goodman Changed My Life”), which promises to be interesting. From what I can tell, you need to be under the age of 30 — a key demographic for this site, I presume. Read more