The Bureaucratic Nightmare of Incrementalism
America’s patchwork system of social services makes it hard to care for ourselves.
396 Article(s) by: Meagan Day
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Meagan Day is a senior editor at Jacobin.
Targeted Social Programs Make Easy Targets
Trump’s assault on Medicaid highlights the cancer at the heart of the US welfare state: means-testing.
Tom Brady Is Trying to Kill You
Go ahead and watch Tom Brady play football today, but whatever you do, don’t read his book.
The Purge of New York
How real estate barons and investment bankers plotted the destruction of working-class New York.
The Christmas Paradox
Once a year, the rich decide that “the undeserving poor” need help after all.
Beyond the Liberal Voting Rights Agenda
We should expand voting rights to advance democracy — not just the Democratic Party.
Pinkerton 2.0
The government runs a publicly funded spy training program for corporate America. It’s called the CIA.
Ed Lee (1952–2017)
Under Ed Lee, San Francisco was remade into a playground for tech capitalists and real estate developers.
The “Death Tax” Cargo Cult
With its assault on the estate tax, the GOP is demonstrating that it’s not even under the thumb of the 1 percent, but the 0.2 percent.
We Didn’t Start the Fire
Class conflict isn’t something we choose to engage in. It’s just how capitalism works.
Net Neutrality Is Just the Beginning
The internet faces a choice: corporate monopoly or public control.
Why Are Rich People So Anxious?
What happens when your moral code is tied to the bottom line.
The Postal Banking Solution
The post office can offer financial services that private banks won’t. In fact, it’s done it before.
Luxury Socialized Medicine
Forget rationing and waiting lists. Socialized medicine delivers comforts and convenience that Americans can only dream about.
Meet Lee Carter
An interview with the democratic socialist who just knocked off one of the Virginia GOP’s legislative leaders.
How Socialists Can Fight for Single Payer
Socialists have played a key role in the fight for single payer in California. Their campaign has lessons for organizers everywhere.