Artificial Intelligence Is Already Making War More Horrific
AI-assisted warfare extends a logic with roots in the industrial warfare of the 20th century: a cold distance that turns humans into points in a dataset.
21041 Article(s) by: Yi San
Yi San is a freelance writer based in New York.
Keir Starmer Wasted His Chance to Stand Up to the US
The US bombing campaign in Iran relies heavily on British military bases. For a moment, it seemed Keir Starmer might refuse Washington access, but he has proved too cowardly to make even this basic stand for human rights against imperial war.
Abolish Travel Teams
Youth sports should be about fun and fair play — not turning kids into anxious investments for parents and private equity.
The Devil’s Music
Years and years before gangster rap, satanic lyrics, glam rock, and Led Zeppelin’s groupie antics, good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll — the chosen music of the postwar youth — roused nothing less than a full-blown moral panic across America. Here are the songs most responsible.
What’s on a Leftist Teenager’s Bookshelf?
We surveyed 1,789 socialist teens. Here’s what they’re reading before prom.
Kid-Free Zones
Public spaces are replete with laws and design choices that limit teens’ access to them.
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.