Urban Legends
Politicians and thought leaders have spent decades demonizing American cities. urban-legends
519 Article(s) by: Editors
Indulgences
Jacobin Finally Gets the Key to the City
Now Who’s the Boss?
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
Sharing the Big Apple
Union co-ops were a source of both affordable housing and displacement for New York’s workers.
Downstate Socialism
New York’s socialist movement found a mid-century standard-bearer in an Italian American congressman from the Bronx.
Issue 60: Misery Index
Crunching the numbers on the class war.
The Oligarch Upstairs
Some of the most over-the-top apartments in New York City are owned — and left empty — by überwealthy foreign nationals.
Bring Back the Yugoslav Basketball Team
The breakup of Yugoslavia ended one of basketball’s greatest dynasties. A cross-border team could revive that legacy — and model internationalism in a divided world.
Introducing the 2026 Socialist Calendar
For 2026, we just released a beautiful, limited-run calendar that marks the great turning points of the labor and socialist tradition. Support our work and get one today.
Report: Economic Populism Has Broad Appeal in the Rust Belt
An exhaustive new survey from the Center for Working-Class Politics and its partners finds that strong economic populism resonates across Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania — and that independent candidates outperform Democrats delivering the same message.
Event: Economic Populism and the Future of the Rust Belt
Register and join us tonight for an online discussion with UAW president Shawn Fain about working-class politics and winning back the Rust Belt.
Borders Books
Some recommendations from the Republic of Letters.
Partisans on Ponies
One German’s idiosyncratic obsession with the American frontier led to an unlikely West German–Yugoslav cinematic partnership that fed the European appetite for cowboys and Indians.
Issue 59: Letters + The Internet Speaks
No border can contain our subscribers’ enthusiasm.