519 Articles by: Editors
The New State Church
In our era, state capacity is faltering, and the size and scope of NGO activity is expanding.
What You Should Have Read in 2021
Should auld acquaintance be forgot? Of course not. Here’s a roundup of our best writing from 2021.
The Real Burglars Aren’t Wearing Masks
Across the country and across industries, employers steal billions from workers each year. Minimum wage violation — the act of paying workers below the legal limit — is just one form of wage theft, but it results in at least $15 billion in lost wages annually. In 2015, minimum wage violations cost workers more than all robberies, burglaries, larcenies, and motor vehicle thefts combined.
Issue 43: Letters + Internet Speaks
Working through your issues in the comments section.
Yes, Jacobin Has a Board Game Now
Class War is the new two-player board game from Jacobin. You can order a copy today and support our journalism!
Commonsense Solidarity: How a Working-Class Coalition Can Be Built, and Maintained
An experimental study, the first of its kind, from Jacobin, YouGov, and the Center for Working-Class Politics offers a new and powerful perspective on working-class political views.
Issue 42: Letters + Internet Speaks
We can only print the letters without expletives.
Primer, a New Podcast About Amazon
The first episode of Primer, a new series from Jacobin Radio about Amazon, is out now.
Letters + #JacobinPitches
Email us letters — we’ll print the fawning ones.
They Have the Money, We Have the People
No one wants a world where Billionaire magazine exists but Jacobin doesn’t.
Your Quarterly Horoscope
Looking forward to 2021? Read this horoscope first.
Issue 40: Letters + Internet Speaks
Our inbox at [email protected] is open to your effusive praise or ruthless criticism.
The 2020 Presidential Election and Working-Class Voters
Our findings suggest that the 2020 presidential election represented a continued shift in the base of the Democratic Party from one rooted in working-class voters to a coalition that’s highly concentrated in high-income suburbs.
Trump’s Surprising Working-Class Success
In November, the Right continued to lose wealthy suburbs but made inroads in working-class counties.
When Biden Met Hillarycare
Records from the Clinton presidential archive give a revealing — and unflattering — look at the triangulating politics of Senator Joe Biden.
Down and Out in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas
A slice of life from a country in crisis.
America’s Railroad to Nowhere
We know the US rail network is no match for trains in France or Japan. But Barack Obama’s plan for high-speed rail couldn’t even match that of Morocco or Uzbekistan.
Mapping the Decline
How the neoliberal project’s very own fifty-state strategy left poverty and low wages in its wake.
America the Laggard
By virtually any measure, people in the United States are worse off than those in other rich countries. There’s no disputing the impact of our weak entitlements and paltry labor protections.