Saving the NEA Won’t Save Culture
We need an expansive, radical vision for art that makes it more than a plaything for the wealthy.
20423 Article(s) by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
Hungary: The End of Democratic Illusions?
The government-sponsored attack on the Central European University represents one more step in the country’s authoritarian drift.
Yale’s Lawless Administration
By refusing to negotiate with recently unionized graduate workers, Yale president Peter Salovey has announced in writing that the university will defy US labor law.
The Democratic Party Is a Ghost
Democratic Party elites don’t have ideals. They just need you to be scared of the Republicans.
No, Israel Is Not a Democracy
Israel is not the only democracy in the Middle East. In fact, it’s not a democracy at all.
X-Ray of a Shattered Vote
Where did Le Pen’s vote come from — and what does it mean?
SNCC’s Think Tank
How SNCC’s research department helped civil rights organizers fight Jim Crow.
Laughing at Rich Kids
Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival gave us a chance to laugh at rich kids. It also told us something about modern culture.
Announcing Catalyst
Does the world need another journal? Probably not, but we’re giving you one anyway.
What’s Next for Podemos?
Podemos MP Manolo Monereo discusses the party’s origins, its first crisis, and what it would mean for it to govern.
How the US Creates Terrorism
The US brags about its commitment to democracy. But its interventions have yielded death and despotism for the Middle East.
A Democrat Against Democracy
To preserve and expand public education, educators and parents will have to fight not only free market zealots like Betsy DeVos, but Democrats like Dwight Evans.
For Health and Freedom
Civil rights activists knew their struggle was incomplete without winning a just health care system. They’re an inspiration for single-payer activists today.
Back to the 1930s With Theresa May
The Tories are doing great in the polls, but their coalition is more fragile than it looks.
The Uses and Abuses of Antisemitism
Campaigns to silence criticism of Israel don’t protect Jews — they endanger them.
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The First 103 Days
Forget the first 100 days — Jacobin contributors weigh in on Trump’s first 103.
The American That Reagan Killed
Thirty years ago, Ben Linder was gunned down by the American-funded contras while building infrastructure for the poor in Nicaragua.
Trump’s Tech Opposition
Tech employees who increasingly see themselves as workers will be an important sector of resistance to Trump’s agenda.
Eric Hobsbawm on How Workers Made May Day Theirs
The late Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm recounts the origins of International Workers’ Day. “The priests have their festivals,” announced a 1891 May Day broadsheet, “the Moderates have their festivals. The First of May is the Festival of the workers of the entire world.”