Can Zohran Mamdani Fix New York’s Public Education?
Zohran Mamdani’s potential election as New York City mayor could be transformational for the city’s underfunded public K–12 schools and higher education system.
8 Articles by: Daniel Falcone
Daniel Falcone is a teacher, journalist, and PhD student in the World History program at St John’s University in Jamaica, New York, as well as a member of Democratic Socialists of America.
Choice and Its Discontents
Today no one on either side of the political spectrum would present themselves as an enemy of choice. The historian and author of The Age of Choice, Sophia Rosenfeld, spoke to Jacobin about the complex legacy of an idea that helped forge the modern world.
Karl Marx the Moral Philosopher
Karl Marx is often understood to have dismissed morality as bourgeois ideology. But Vanessa Wills, author of the new book Marx’s Ethical Vision, argues that his account of class exploitation sought to explain injustice, not sideline it.
“We Are Reading Thinly Disguised Propaganda”
Just like always, the corporate media’s coverage of the recent Israeli strikes against Gaza was blatantly one-sided. The truth is simple: Israel must end its occupation and its bombings and finally recognize the Palestinian people as equals.
Iran Is Not a Threat, Trump Is
Trump’s eagerness to wage war against Iran is reckless, irrational — and murderous. Iran is simply not a threat.
Trump In Singapore
The scheduled US–North Korea summit is just days away. Here’s a look at where things stand.
Creating the Horror Chambers
Noam Chomsky on the tyranny of libertarianism, the need for media democracy, and Latin American resistance to US imperialism.
The Crimes of Others
Noam Chomsky on Russia, the US media, and the stories told to justify American militarism.