Why the Green New Deal Has Failed — So Far

The Green New Deal program has enormous potential to generate mass popular support. But absent real leverage from labor, it's likely to be continually watered down into a toothless slogan for NGOs.

Jeremy Corbyn Tells Jacobin: Israel Must End the Siege of Gaza

Former UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke to Jacobin about the fight for a Palestine free from occupation and why the Biden administration needs to end its military support for Israel.

The United States’ Imperial Foreign Policy Is the Deadly Enemy of Progress at Home

The US military spends trillions on death abroad that could be spent on improving life back home.

It’s the US Government’s Immigration Policy That’s Illegal

The media talks obsessively about "legal" versus "illegal" immigration. But for years, the US government itself — including the Biden administration — has been engaged in a lawless, stealthy dismantling of our refugee asylum system.

The Clock Is Ticking on Preventing an Undemocratic GOP Power Grab in the House

Democrats must quickly pass their landmark voting rights legislation if they want to prevent Republicans from gerrymandering their way to a hold on power for the next decade.

“Antiwar Sentiment in the Military Is Stronger Than Ever.”

Iraq War veteran Mike Prysner on what the military-industrial complex gained by staying in Afghanistan so long, what’s next for US empire, and why antiwar sentiment is rising among active-duty soldiers.

Unfortunately, Gavin Newsom Is the Future of the Democrats

Gavin Newsom came into office with “Big Hairy Audacious Goals” like universal health care — and proceeded to fulfill as few of them as he could. It’s no wonder he came dangerously close to facilitating a GOP power grab in a deep blue state.

Last Week’s Elections Were Not a Repudiation of the Left

After nearly a year of barely doing anything the Left has actually demanded, Joe Biden and his centrist allies don’t get to blame leftists for the electoral disaster the centrists’ own inaction brought.

The Problem With Joe Manchin Is the Problem of American Democracy

Joe Manchin’s blocking of the Build Back Better Act is maddening. But it was only possible because we live under a deeply undemocratic political system and are stuck with a Democratic Party still dominated by corporate interests.

Teachers’ Unions Are Making Totally Reasonable Pandemic Health and Safety Demands

After a four-day refusal to teach in-person, the Chicago Teachers Union is going back to school on Wednesday, where they wanted to be all along. The city’s lackluster pandemic safety made that impossible.

Democrats Use Abortion Rights to Fundraise — but Don’t Fight to Protect Those Rights

The Supreme Court’s leaked ruling overturning Roe v. Wade is an antidemocratic abomination. The Democrats’ response so far has been a bad joke.

San Antonio’s Mass Migrant Deaths Are a Logical Outcome of Joe Biden’s Anti-Immigrant Policies

The news of at least 53 deaths of migrants in San Antonio is heartbreaking — particularly because it is the inevitable result of the monstrous immigration policies that Joe Biden has done little to change.

In This Michigan Primary, Gig Workers’ Rights Are on the Ballot

A newly created House district in Michigan is pitting the solidly pro-labor Democrat Representative Andy Levin against Representative Haley Stevens, a Democrat with a history of doing gig companies’ bidding and trying to smash worker protections.

The Federal Government Has Long Made the Cost of Higher Ed Worse, Not Better

Everyone knows the cost of higher education in America is massive and unsustainable. The federal government has played a key role in inflating college costs — but any president, including Joe Biden, could easily change that while wiping out student debt.

We Need More Military Veterans in Congress Who Oppose the “Forever Wars”

Congress desperately needs more representatives from working-class backgrounds, including those who are military veterans. Unfortunately, most veterans currently serving in Congress are foreign policy hawks who want to keep the war machine running.

Dealignment Is Real. We Can Help Reverse It.

Matt Karp on how a political movement beating the drum for working-class populism can restore fraying ties between blue-collar workers and the Left.

US Presidents Keep Bungling Disaster Responses

Joe Biden’s mishandling of the Maui wildfire destruction is the second bungled disaster response of his presidency, and follows other, even worse failures from previous presidents. The people of Maui will suffer, but so will public trust in government.

On Friends, Foes, and the Thin Line Between Them

Israel’s War on Gaza Is a Campaign of State Terrorism to Crush the Palestinian People

It is farcical for US politicians to suggest that Israel is trying to avoid killing civilians in Gaza. Mass destruction and intentional killing is an integral part of the Israeli campaign, intended to break Palestinian resistance to occupation and apartheid.

ChatVP

Until recently, nobody could generate meaningless platitudes more efficiently than Vice President Kamala Harris.