Holy America
Neil Meyer on growing up in Detroit and whether the Right’s losing ground in the “culture war.”
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The Meaning of Black Friday
When Black Friday devours Thanksgiving, capitalism consumes one of its sustaining myths.
America’s Founding Myths
This Thanksgiving, it’s worth remembering that the narrative we hear about America’s founding is wrong. The country was built on genocide.
Organizing Fergusons
Nothing short of a mass movement will stop the police from killing black people.
Philanthropic Poverty
Bono and other philanthropic capitalists push charity to defend property.
Accumulation by Lockout
Companies are increasingly turning to lockouts to break labor. How should unions respond?
Excluded and Exploited
US immigration policy fuels economic exploitation and racial segregation. Obama’s executive order does little to change that.
Re-Organizing Labor
Historian Steve Brier on the study and practice of working-class politics.
Whitewashing Imperialism
When the media erases the crimes of US imperialism, they make future atrocities more likely.
Free and Unequal
Higher education should be free. But we can’t just copy the flawed European model.
Indict the System, Not Just Darren Wilson
Whatever the grand jury’s decision in Ferguson, one thing is clear: black life isn’t worth much in America.
The Many Deaths of Klinghoffer
The Death Of Klinghoffer isn’t antisemitic. It’s anti-peace.
No More Backroom Deals
A draconian proposal threatened Massachusetts teachers. Here’s how they defeated it.
Democrats, Inc.
Sarah Leonard on the Democratic Party and her formative political experiences.
Serve the People
Homelessness isn’t an accident. It’s the result of a brutal economic system and conscious state policy.
The Walls the West Won’t Tear Down
Twenty-five years after the Berlin Wall, lethal borders remain. We must dismantle them.
Capitalism’s Victims
Increasingly dehumanizing work has caused an epidemic of suicides in France.
College Athletes of the World, Unite
Basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar writes in Jacobin on the exploitation of college athletes.
Mystifying Poverty
The jargon of school reformers only masks the poverty that stifles student achievement.
Rasmea Odeh: Guilty for Resistance
Rasmea Odeh was found guilty of lying on immigration documents based on a confession obtained through Israeli torture.