The Hyperloop Can’t Save Us
Despite wild proposals from Uber and Elon Musk to build “the transportation of the future,” we’re not going anywhere with billionaires steering the ship.
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Twitter Owns Elon Musk
Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion. But he’s spent years producing value for the company as a humble content creator.
“They Control Everything!”
From the water supply to chemtrails, the best conspiracy theories are about how they surround us all.
Build Back Never
It’s not what you spend, it’s how you use it.
So You Want to Donate to Jacobin?
Here’s a guide to make sure you’re ready.
Infrastructure Jargon Explained
Defining the terms you keep pretending to understand.
Workers in the Sky
A chat with Association of Flight Attendants president Sara Nelson.
When the Mob Tried to Whack Dennis Kucinich
In 1977, 31-year-old Cleveland mayor Dennis Kucinich took a stand against the sale of his city’s publicly owned electric utility. And he almost paid for it with his life.
Issue 45: Letters
Another failed experiment in socialist democracy.
Issue 45: The Internet Speaks
But why are we listening?
Montana’s Rivers and Streams Belong to Everyone. We Have to Protect Them From the Rich.
Montana’s beautiful, serene rivers were sites of life-changing experiences for me. The rights of all Montanans to those rivers were won through working-class struggle — a history we can draw on today as Montana’s rich aim to hoard those rivers for themselves.
The Supreme Court Has Dealt a Major Blow to the Right to Effective Legal Counsel
All people should have the right to effective legal representation when they’re facing criminal charges. But the Supreme Court has just issued a ruling that severely curtails that basic right.