The High-Tech Poorhouse
When algorithms are introduced into public assistance programs, the effects are rarely good for poor and working-class beneficiaries.
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Opal Lee is a writer.
The Unholy Family
“Family values” and neoliberal capitalism are supposed to be enemies. A new book begs to differ.
Peace Is Still Possible
The United States cares more about keeping South Korea under its thumb than securing peace with North Korea.
No Corbyn in Sight
A membership surge in the German Social Democratic Party has sparked talks of a Corbyn-like transformation. But don’t get too excited just yet.
Will There Be a Fightback at UPS?
If rank-and-file Teamsters can confront the package-delivery giant, they’ll win better conditions for the whole industry.
A War Without End
The late Ursula Le Guin on oppression, resistance, and why “the exercise of imagination is dangerous.”
You Can’t Trust Capitalists
Some CEOs are endorsing Medicare for All. For socialists, that could be a trap.
The Lula Question
As Lula’s judicial saga moves into a new stage, the Brazilian left faces more questions than ever.
200 Years of Anti-Caste Struggle
A new wave of protest suggests that the centuries-old struggle against the caste system in India may be entering a new phase.
Ursula K. Le Guin, 1929–2018
Ursula Le Guin’s masterful works pushed readers to expand their vision of what’s possible.
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.
Lula’s Plan B
Lula lost his appeal today. If it turns out he can’t run for president again — who will the PT turn to? Jacobin talks to Fernando Haddad, the Workers Party’s rumored Plan B.
Trump’s Attack on the Poor
Medicaid work requirements are a cruel policy meant to stigmatize and discipline the poor. They’re also very likely illegal.
Dark Money At the Pentagon
Researchers have discovered trillions of dollars in unexplained military spending. We might never find out where it went.
Beyond Social Democracy
It is precisely social democracy’s history that shows why we need a more radical socialist politics today.
Disaster Capitalism in the NHS
Years of austerity and marketization have wreaked havoc on Britain’s National Health Service. The crisis is now reaching a breaking point.
The Fate of the Party
The crisis of today’s Italian left has its roots in the transformations of the Italian Communist Party in the 1960s and ’70s.
“There’s No Trick”
Unions will have to go back to the fundamentals of labor organizing if they want to survive national right to work.
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.”
Left Americana in Trumpland
Vigo County, Indiana is Trump country now — but nestled somewhere between Dean’s Party Mania and USA Fireworks Superstore is a vital piece of American socialist history.