Too Cool for School
A radical critique of public education falls flat.
19364 Articles by: Benjamin Case
Benjamin Case is a researcher, educator, and organizer living in Pittsburgh.
Why Scotland Should Vote Yes
A non-nationalist argument for Scottish independence.
Contingency Plans
In a never-before-released thesis, Reagan’s FEMA director discussed the potential internment of millions of blacks in concentration camps.
The Slaver’s Objectivity
Their latest review was no fluke — the Economist will always find the master’s viewpoint more “objective,” regardless of the evidence provided.
Sweden Without Illusions
In the upcoming Swedish elections, despite continued popularity for the country’s welfare state, Left prospects are bleak.
Timothy Snyder’s Lies
In Timothy Snyder’s Bloodlands, Hitler and Stalin are one and the same. And the partisans — Jewish fighters included — only encouraged German crimes.
The Problem with the “Canadian Model”
The successes of Canadian single-payer are overstated — not because of outsized government involvement, but because public provision isn’t generous enough.
When Settlers Dream
A look back at the subjection of Tasmania shows that while Israel’s settler colonialism is brutal, it’s hardly without precedent.
Jazz After Politics
It’s been years since jazz had any claim as a countercultural art form.
Black Man in the Cosmos
Lavelle Porter on race, sexuality, and the “politics of respectability.”
Policing Empire
The call to demilitarize police overlooks the longstanding link between policing and empire.
Mike Rowe’s Dirty Job
Mike Rowe wants Americans to get interested in blue-collar jobs, but for all the wrong reasons.
Escaping the New Honduras
The child refugee crisis is a product of US-backed policies in Central America.
Death to the Gamer
Tainted by its misogyny and embrace of consumption as a way of life, gamer culture isn’t worth saving.
The Right’s Working-Class Philosopher
Eric Hoffer was a conservative who only had the time to write because he was represented by a powerful leftist union.
The Right to Be Playful
This Labor Day, let’s celebrate our human right to be joyous and playful.
Students at the Barricades
Around the country, graduate students aren’t just unionizing — they are reforming the conservative, top-down unions they’ve joined.
Heroes of Socialist Labor
Planning to spend next semester learning bourgeois nonsense like calculus and art history? Intern at Jacobin instead.
China’s New Labor Insurgency
Worker militancy has shown cracks in both China’s economic plan and the Communist Party’s official trade unions.
Reading Hamilton from the Left
The Left has always favored Thomas Jefferson over Alexander Hamilton. But not only was Hamilton more progressive for his time, he has lessons for our response to climate change.