Kid-Free Zones
Public spaces are replete with laws and design choices that limit teens’ access to them.
21035 Article(s) by: Wouter van de Klippe
Wouter van de Klippe is a freelance journalist and writer based in Europe. He is particularly interested in organized labor, social and environmental justice, and social welfare states.
Issue 61: The Internet Speaks
The bots have spoken.
Listen to Your Elders
Jacobin contributor and former teenager Sofia Baker answers your most burning questions.
“They Won’t Stop Us From Speaking Out”
Kneecap talks to Jacobin about attempts to punish the hip-hop trio for its vocal stance on Palestine and its hopes for a unified Ireland.
The Therapist Will Raise You Now
Therapeutic culture risks raising a generation taught to look inward while the sources of their distress lie outside themselves.
Generation Z in Name Only
Mexico City’s “Gen Z” anti-government protest against President Claudia Sheinbaum bears all the hallmarks of an astroturf campaign.
A War for Oil?
What Donald Trump wants from Venezuela’s oil fields is not money but power.
The Price of Love
A recent turnaround in South Korea’s marriage rate shows that its fertility crisis is also an affordability crisis.
Growing Up in Israeli Prison
Israel is arresting more Palestinian children than ever before — and it’s not even bothering to charge many of them with crimes.
The Student Intifada
A little over two years ago, the student movement for Palestine transformed American college campuses seemingly overnight. But the passion and energy that built those encampments wasn’t enough to sustain the fight.
Working Overtime
When and where organized labor’s been on the move.
Kenya’s Youth Protesters Are Ready to Govern
The Kenya Left Alliance played a role in organizing the country’s recent rebellion against regressive tax reforms and police brutality. Now it’s launching a bid for power in the 2027 elections.
The Gen Z Crack-Up?
We surveyed over a thousand young people across the anglophone world to get a sense of their views on politics and culture.
Zohrannabes
Across the country, Democrats have tried and failed to emulate Mamdani’s successful mayoral campaign.
Wolves in Youth’s Clothing
A new crop of young Democratic Party challengers is running on generational politics alone, hoping to capitalize on voters’ hunger for change without running afoul of the centrist establishment.