Eddington Is a Tragic Masterpiece of the 2020s
Ari Aster’s new film, Eddington, pulls no punches against the Right or the Left. Yet its message is anything but moderate.
21041 Article(s) by: Julia Goodman
Big Tech Is Under Legal Fire in Trump’s Second Term
After Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the Big Tech firms continue to be battered by antitrust lawsuits stemming from prior administrations. The cases could even lead to the forced breakup of some of the tech giants.
The Panamanian Right’s Dirty Alliance
Panamanians have taken to the streets to protest neoliberal austerity, Canadian mining, and US military presence. Raúl Mulino’s right-wing government, closely allied with North American interests, has responded by arresting thousands.
Europe Signs Up for Its Century of Humiliation
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has signed Europe up to a humiliating, unequal trade deal with the United States. The terms dictated by Donald Trump reflect Europe’s vassal status as an increasingly junior partner to US empire.
German Rearmament Is a Terrible Idea
In Germany, podcaster Ole Nymoen has become public enemy number one for supporters of the government’s rearmament campaign. He spoke to Jacobin about his new book against militarization and on the need for a renewed peace movement.
Kneecap: On Palestine, History Will Stand by Us
Irish hip-hop trio Kneecap talks to Jacobin about attempts to punish the band for its vocal stance on Palestine: “[The censors] won’t stop us from speaking out.”
A Judge’s Conflict of Interest Over Jeffrey Epstein Documents
A judge who sealed a slew of Jeffrey Epstein–related documents that could implicate others is the same Chevron-connected judge who threw the book at Steven Donziger. She has another potential conflict of interest when it comes to the Epstein files.
Zionist McCarthyism Comes for CUNY
Not content to torment the Ivy League, Republicans are seeking authoritarian control over working-class public universities like the City University of New York. The latest salvo: allegedly firing four adjuncts for their support of Palestine.
ICE’s Budget Is Set to Triple Next Year
Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill funnels tens of billions of additional dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement — meaning the agency will have three times as much to spend next year as it did this year.
Israel Has Made Gaza a Hell on Earth
How much longer will we watch Israel starve children to death and massacre civilians seeking food before American political leaders put a stop to this madness?
Solving the “Crisis of Men” Requires Tackling Inequality
Working-class men in the US have fallen behind women on a number of indicators of well-being. This is not due to a battle of the sexes, but because decades of growing inequality and precarity have had differential impacts on men and women.
The Way We Understand the Cold War Is Wrong
When people talk about a new Cold War, they tend to assume they know exactly what the original Cold War was and when it ended. Renowned historian Anders Stephanson argues that the standard Cold War chronology doesn’t fit the facts.
Germany’s Far Right Wants to Trap the Left in Culture Wars
According to a leaked strategy paper, Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland sees socialist party Die Linke as a useful idiot that it can use to polarize society around culture-war issues. Die Linke shouldn’t play along.
Mohsen Mahdawi on His ICE Detention and Justice in Palestine
In April, Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi was held in detention by ICE for over two weeks despite not being charged with a crime. He speaks to Jacobin about his early life, his incarceration, and why he’s actually optimistic about the prospects for peace.
US Jewish Charities Shouldn’t Be Funding West Bank Settlers
Conservative Jewish-American charitable organizations are financing settlements in the West Bank, facilitating ethnic cleansing and fueling antisemitism by connecting Jewish culture in the US to the brutal Israeli state.
Hulk Hogan Was a Very Bad Man
Hulk Hogan, who died this week at age 71, was the most important professional wrestler who ever lived. He was also a terrible human being.
Dangerous Heat Waves Are a Workers’ Rights Issue
In the UK, Labour is advancing the Employment Rights Bill, a rare positive intervention from this government. One of its greatest flaws is that it lacks provisions to ensure worker safety in very hot weather.
8,000 Indiana Kroger Workers Vote Down Contract a Second Time
United Food and Commercial Workers Local 700, representing 8,000 Kroger retail workers in Indiana, voted earlier this month to reject a tentative agreement for a second time. The vote opens a path for the union to potentially strike the grocery giant.
Why Should We Worry About Declining Birth Rates?
Declining birth rates around the world may pose new challenges for humanity. A new book on the topic by Elon Musk–funded economists indulges in questionable philosophy and sci-fi speculation that fails to shed much light on this important topic.
India’s Cities Are Being Turned Into Hindutva Theme Parks
Narendra Modi’s government has launched major schemes of urban transformation in cities like Ayodhya. Behind the rhetoric of development and modernity lurks a crude Hindu nationalist chauvinism that’s seeking to erase the messy pluralism of urban life.