Kate Macintosh’s Gentle Brutalism
In 1960s London, the architect Kate Macintosh designed great modernist housing for the elderly, still beloved by its residents — but how long can it survive?
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Tyler Perry’s Wealth Is Not Trickling Down to Black Residents of Atlanta
Filmmaker and entrepreneur Tyler Perry is a billionaire. His Atlanta studios receive massive tax write-offs, premised on the idea that his success will inspire others. If that sounds familiar, it’s because it’s a liberal version of trickle-down economics.
The Long Beach Post Is Union Busting in Broad Daylight
Striking Long Beach Post journalists say they are fighting against layoffs, corporate media consolidation, and union-busting labor law violations.
A Climate Disinformation Focus Takes Us the Wrong Way
The concept of “climate disinformation” does not lead us to genuine solutions for the problem of climate change — it leads us toward new risks.
Big Tech Markets Its Snake Oil as Progressivism
Tech bros promising “community engagement” are trying to cash in on health equity. Silicon Valley’s answer to social welfare involves slapping a progressive label on subscription social services while monetizing the safety net.
The Lost Future of Socialism
British Labour politician Anthony Crosland’s The Future of Socialism was once the bible of revisionist social democracy. Looked at today, it is far from prescient but surprisingly compelling.
Harvard Wants to Save the Working Class
The burning task for the labor movement isn't to craft new pro-worker laws, but to build working-class power. Pro-worker legislation comes from workers flexing their muscles, not the other way around.
People, Not “Voices” or “Bodies,” Make History
The “voice-giving” that is so central to the mission of liberal philanthropy underscores something essential about the custodial politics at the heart of the American political system. We need to do far more than “give voice to the voiceless" to win justice.
Justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito Have a Personal Stake in a Big Corporate Tax Ruling
Supreme Court justices John Roberts and Samuel Alito own shares in a combined 19 companies that could receive more than $30 billion in tax relief if the court issues a broad ruling in a major tax case.
Out of the Shtetl and Into the Heartland
What happened when assimilated German Jews tried to settle their Eastern European brethren in rural America?
The Tech Education Con
Big tech companies are spending millions to get young people into coding and STEM — not out of altruism, but to create a future supply of cheap labor.
Without Solidarity, the Left Has Nothing
The aims of the Left are impossible to achieve without community of purpose. Socialists organize around economic justice for a reason: it is the essential foundation for building a sense of solidarity broad enough to drive meaningful change.
Hating the Rich Is a Western Tradition
As far back as Aristotle, Western thinkers have been deeply critical of the power that the wealthy hold over society. Historian Guido Alfani sat down with Jacobin to discuss the long history of opposition to elite power in Western politics and religion.
Expanding the Fight for Education
The movement to reclaim classrooms from corporate education reformers is spreading beyond cities and into the suburbs.
Prince Salman’s Royal Rumble
The WWE teamed up with Saudi Arabia last weekend to whitewash the country's brutal autocracy.
You Can Have Billionaires or You Can Have Democracy
The billionaire class isn’t just a group of people who happen to be superrich. It’s a dynastic oligarchy with a single overriding objective: controlling the government to protect its inherited wealth.
C. L. R. James, Eric Williams, and the End of Slavery in the Caribbean
The Trinidadian historians C. L. R. James, a Marxist revolutionary, and Eric Williams, his former student and the prime minister who placed him under house arrest, forever reshaped how we view the end of slavery in the Caribbean and around the world.
A New Supreme Court Case Could Make It Even Harder to Tax the Superrich
The Supreme Court has just agreed to hear a case designed to preemptively block a wealth tax — another potentially lucrative gift for the conservative justices’ billionaire benefactors.
Effective Altruists Are Stoking Tensions With China
The Biden administration has had an open-door policy for effective altruist think tanks in the White House — who have in turn used their influence to push a hawkish anti-China agenda by casting the development of AI as the new arms race.
Why Is the US Still Backing Israeli Genocide?
Over nine months since October 7, Israel’s brutal assault on Gaza continues — and the US is still aiding and abetting it. Jacobin spoke with two pro-Palestine activists about the movement for Palestine in the US and its prospects for changing American policy.