Aparna Raj Demands Housing Justice in DC
From rent strikes to the fight for DC statehood, Aparna Raj is bringing a movement‑driven socialist politics to a city council race defined by displacement and inequality.
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New York City Nurses vs. Austerity
In New York City, 20,000 nurses are negotiating contracts with the city’s private sector hospitals. The hospitals are using federal Medicaid cuts as an argument for austerity. But nurses say the richer hospitals, and the state government, can fill the gap.
The Left Needs to Have More Fun
Nobody wants to join a boring movement. Socialists can’t change the world if we aren’t providing people with a good time.
Does Avi Lewis’s NDP Mark a Comeback of Canada’s Left?
Avi Lewis’s election to leadership of the NDP is a welcome development. But if the party wants to be a real vehicle for working-class politics, changes at the top are only part of the equation.
US Jewish Charities Shouldn’t Be Funding West Bank Settlers
Conservative Jewish-American charitable organizations are financing settlements in the West Bank, facilitating ethnic cleansing and fueling antisemitism by connecting Jewish culture in the US to the brutal Israeli state.
Get Ready for Citizens United 2.0
Is it possible for American democracy to be further degraded by the influence of billionaires? Thanks to champion of the working class J. D. Vance and his right-wing friends, including “dark money kingpin” Leonard Leo, we may soon find out.
Halting Evictions Is Good Child Welfare Policy
Evictions are uniquely destructive to children, undermining the social and institutional connections that provide kids with stability. A new study quantifies their extensive damage, from increasing child homelessness to decreasing high-school graduation rates.
Conservatives Are Losing It Over Superman’s Basic Morality
Reactionary hysterics over James Gunn’s Superman reboot bring some delight to America’s otherwise plainest superhero.
When It Comes to Clean Water, Trump Is Betraying MAHA
The Make America Healthy Again movement is rightly concerned with the contamination of our drinking water. To clean it up, we need enhanced corporate regulation and massive public investment to overhaul our water systems. Donald Trump won’t do any of that.
The Defeat of European Socialism Was Far From Inevitable
Contrary to popular belief, the 1970s was a period in which the European left was at its strongest. Unions were powerful, and socialists felt confident that the changing economy could benefit them. So why was the Left defeated a decade later?
The Promise of Divestment
Retirement systems and municipal treasuries hold billions of dollars of investments in companies like Tesla and nations like Israel. That means those funds hold enormous potential leverage over such companies and countries if they can credibly threaten divestment.
Atomic Abundance and Its Enemies
Wrangling over the construction of nuclear power in New York State has revealed the priorities of some of the state’s biggest environmental lobbies. For them, creating bureaucratic procedures they can oversee is more important than building clean energy.
Donald Trump Is Just Another Republican President
Donald Trump styled himself as a populist, antiestablishment president. But look at what he has actually done in office, and you see he’s a status quo politician with nothing to offer working Americans.
Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Will Deepen Inequality
Donald Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill is an ugly policy that will punish the poorest, worsen inequality, and blow up the national debt.
Jacobin’s Summer Reads Guide
We asked our editors and contributors what you should read this summer. They answered with everything from romances set in the former East Germany to thrillers about Russian mercenaries.
The Uncommitted Movement, a Year Later
One year after the Democratic National Convention refused to allow a Palestinian American onstage, it’s clear that the Democrats have paid a steep price in ignoring voters opposed to Israel’s brutal human rights abuses in Gaza, writes Waleed Shahid.
The US and China Are More Alike Than They Think
In the US, lawyers gridlock politics, and in China, engineers solely concerned with development steamroll individual liberties. A new book argues that both nations could learn from one another, but their rivalry is obscuring the social crises they share.
We Need More Public Pools
Public pools are a vital resource in the United States. We need more of them.
New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream
A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.
Katrina Set the Stage for New Orleans’s Capture by Investors
Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans 20 years ago today. In the years after the storm, the city became a laboratory of Frankenstein proportions for the most extreme forms of privatization and deregulation.