So Much for a Newly Reborn Republican Party
People keep saying that economic populism and an antiwar, anti-interventionist spirit have swept the GOP. But there wasn’t much substantive evidence of that at the RNC.
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Fossil Fuel Companies Are Turning the US Into a Repressive Petrostate
Recent emails show corporate America is trying to stop banks divesting from fossil fuels, the latest example of fossil fuel companies looking to use state power to block and repress climate action.
Lula Can Win This Year’s Presidential Election in Brazil
Lula is free and polling ahead for this year’s presidential election in Brazil. Is the far right losing its stronghold in Brazilian politics?
Dark Money Is Casting a Shadow Over 2024 Political Ads
As the 2024 election heats up, an onslaught of political ads is being funded by dark money groups. Broadcast and tech lobbies are preventing the disclosure of the groups’ identities, leaving voters in the dark about the corporate interests behind these ads.
Venture Capitalists Want Drug Prices to Stay High
The federal government has taken some steps to lower the prices of drugs developed with public funds. Venture capital firms that have profited off of these sky-high prices are pushing back hard.
France’s Extreme Center Is Radicalizing — And Adopting Far-Right Talking Points
Last summer, left-wing French MP Danièle Obono was portrayed in a nationalist magazine as a slave in chains. She told Jacobin about how the far right is taking over French media — and how Emmanuel Macron’s supporters are adopting its reactionary agenda.
Defending the Killing of Palestinian Children Won’t Get You Punished in Hollywood
Actor Susan Sarandon is the latest target of the increasingly McCarthyite attacks on pro-Palestine figures. Supporters of Israel’s brutal war, meanwhile, can apparently say anything they want, including defending the slaughter of Palestinian civilians.
The Cosmic Irony of Bernie Sanders’s Rise
What makes Bernie Sanders so threatening to the Democratic establishment is that he stands for what millions of Democrats thought their party stood for all along.
The GOP Scheme to Let Trump Pick His Own Ethics Chief
Republican senator Mike Lee is blocking the appointment of the head of the Office of Government Ethics until after Inauguration Day. The tactic is meant to give Donald Trump the power to handpick his own ethics overseer if he wins the election.
The New US Military Budget Enriches Private Contractors at the Cost of Human Well-Being
Congress will soon vote on an $850 billion military budget that would lavish over $400 billion on private contractors. It would be a massive redistribution of wealth to for-profit hands — at the same time millions of workers are struggling to pay the bills.
The Politics of Celebrity Are Still a Dead End for the Democratic Party
From Howard Dean to Hillary Clinton, from Beto O'Rourke to Pete Buttigieg, the Democratic Party seems addicted to using personality-driven stardom as a substitute for real politics.
Verizon Sends in Union Busters Against Washington Workers
Verizon workers seeking to unionize in Washington state say the company just brought in executives to intimidate them.
The US Is Waging Neoliberal Forever Wars
As the US military increasingly outsources the most important parts of war, American imperialism has evolved into something that can’t be measured merely by counting the number of boots on the ground. But it’s still highly profitable for corporate elites and spreads death and misery around the globe — and it still must be dismantled.
Fair-Weather Friends
Social security is once again a third rail of American politics. History tells us that might not last for long.
Union Leader: It’s Time for the Democrats to Wake Up
Painters’ union leader Jimmy Williams Jr says that the Democrats have a messaging problem with working-class voters — and it isn’t just going to cost them a single election.
The Key to Climate Action Is Building Working-Class Power
We can’t address climate change without the working class. Matt Huber argues that an explicit political or rhetorical focus on the climate crisis itself may not be helpful in that effort.
Why Are Politicians and Media Fanning the Flames of War Panic in Ukraine?
Washington officials have been terrifying the world with warnings of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine. But everyone else in a position to know seems pretty sure there isn’t one coming.
The GOP Prepares to Make America Great Again — Again
We went to the Republican National Convention to better understand the strangest mainstream party in the world.
Why Trump Fears Bernie Sanders
Donald Trump’s escalating attacks on Bernie Sanders show that he’s starting to realize something that still escapes most pundits: Sanders would be his toughest opponent to beat in November.
Bernie Sanders Gets It. We Should All Have Free Health Care During the Pandemic.
Bernie Sanders is pushing a new proposal as part of the stimulus bill that would give everyone free health care during the pandemic. His plan would get us qualitatively closer to Medicare for All — and we should all rally behind it.