The Conference Room Is Replacing the Courtroom
Workers are increasingly being blocked from suing abusive bosses. Welcome to the rigged world of “mandatory arbitration.”
375 Articles by: Meagan Day
Meagan Day is an associate editor at Jacobin. She is the coauthor of Bigger than Bernie: How We Go from the Sanders Campaign to Democratic Socialism.
The Medicaid Patchwork
In theory, Medicaid is America’s national health insurance program for the poor. But there’s nothing “national” about it — and the poor suffer as a result.
The Bankers’ Coup
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the only federal agency that protects ordinary people from Wall Street. That’s why it’s being dismantled.
Off the Map
People with disabilities who rely on local public transit are getting squeezed between gentrification and austerity.
The Fraud and the Four-Hour Workweek
Self-help millionaire Tim Ferriss is a fraud. But his success says a lot about modern capitalism and its discontents.
The Latest Health Care Racket
A saline shortage in hospitals shows how shameless corporations are holding our health care system hostage.
Voting For the Boss
Employers are leveraging their power over workers to sway employees’ votes.
Suddenly, the Unemployable Are Finding Jobs
With a tightening labor market, CEOs are chasing after the same workers they once derided as unemployable.
What Pat Robertson Teaches Us
Once marginal and reviled, evangelical Christians became a vital political bloc in the 1980s thanks to resolute organizing.
Working Hard, Hardly Working
A new report shows Americans are working longer hours — even as millions can’t find jobs at all.
“It Was About the Insurance Fix”
West Virginia teachers are engaged in an inspiring illegal strike. They’re also showing why we desperately need Medicare for All.
Rich People Kill Themselves
Today, the rich have access to the finest medical treatments backed up by the most rigorous science. Some of them decide to take mushroom elixirs instead.
The Private Option
A growing industry has a simple message to the victims of the US medical system — heal thyself.
From Day Care Centers to Prisons
In the 1960s, America discovered the problem of child abuse. But instead of universal childcare, we got prisons.
Ending the Amazon Hunger Games
Luring corporations like Amazon with hefty tax breaks impoverishes cities and starves public services. We should put an end to it once and for all.
New York’s Property Tax Is Theft
Under New York City’s byzantine property tax system, billionaires pay lower rates than bus drivers.
You Can’t Trust Capitalists
Some CEOs are endorsing Medicare for All. For socialists, that could be a trap.
A Recession-Era Economic Myth Goes Up In Smoke
For years, the media was filled with stories about jobs going unfilled due to a lack of qualified workers. Now we know how wrong they were.
Under Neoliberalism, You Can Be Your Own Tyrannical Boss
A new study finds an alarming rise in a novel form of psychological distress. Call it “neoliberal perfectionism.”
The Bureaucratic Nightmare of Incrementalism
America’s patchwork system of social services makes it hard to care for ourselves.