Effective Altruism Is No Substitute for a Better Society

The philosophy of effective altruism is catnip to well-meaning and intellectually inclined donors. But as a strategy for tackling what’s wrong with the world, it misses the mark.

Taking Back Left Parties From the Brahmins

Across Western countries, the decline in class-based voting isn’t inevitable: it results from political choices.

Five Essential Texts on Democracy

We asked a leading political theorist for help understanding the meaning of democracy and the elite reaction to it.

Jacobin’s Promise: a Vote for Jacobin Is a Vote for You.

Act now, before it’s too late to save America.

The Foreman

Mark E. Smith of the Fall was one of the late 20th century’s great working-class musicians, but his music suffered from his overwhelming resentment of his middle-class audience.

Ballot Blocks

Every year, it gets harder to vote. We have our elected officials to thank for that.

On dictatorship, blood in the streets, and the deadly love of your CEO

Before They Ran the Reds Out of the Studios

The screwball comedy The Devil and Miss Jones exemplifies how pro-worker Hollywood was just on the eve of McCarthyism.

On failing at precalculus, failing at crack, and failing at capitalism

On Marxists abroad, domestic terrorists at home, and the terrible threat of an all-expenses-paid trip to Cuba

Issue 47: Misery Index

Crunching the numbers on the class war.

A Guide to Election Polling Terms

A guide to election polling terms.