Fundraising appeals are hard to write. Stealing lessons from MoveOn.org and the savviest of American liberals, the original headline of this post was going to be: “Time is running out to defend Obamacare from Birther Tea Party Republicans!” Alas, it wasn’t really Chuck Schumer sending me missives titled “Re: Bhaskar, I need your help.” The emails still got opened though.

Our readers are too smart for those kinds of tricks. But that doesn’t solve my dilemma: what can I say to get you to give, again, to our young project?

The last year has been an eventful one. Jacobin has more than tripled in size. On an average day, ten thousand people will visit our website, despite the fact that our small editorial core can only prepare a new essay or two daily. Our print publication, too, has reached new heights, with subscription rates and newsstand performance surpassing all our expectations. Next issue, we’re printing 3,000 more copies than we did in April.