Send More People!
The whole immigration debate is built on a false premise. More people in the US means more resources for Americans — not less.
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When George Wallace Came to Town
Donald Trump's appeal to some suffering white workers shouldn't surprise us. George Wallace did the same thing four decades ago.
Veterans Are Starting to Mobilize Against Trump’s Cuts
Military veterans are among those being hit hardest by Trump’s austerity push, which threatens many of their jobs as well as health care and other benefits. The cuts are starting to mobilize the conservative-leaning demographic against the administration.
Doctors in Minnesota and Wisconsin Just Formed a Big Private Sector Physicians’ Union
Last month, nearly 600 private sector doctors and other health care providers in Minnesota and Wisconsin voted to unionize — likely the biggest union of private sector doctors in the US. We talked to some of them about why.
Senator Bob Menendez Has Ties to Cuban American Terrorists
The bribery trial of New Jersey senator Bob Menendez gets underway this week. But he should have been investigated long ago for his links to Cuban American terrorists.
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.
The Wrong Kind of UBI
Without the right design, a universal basic income would do little to advance radical change.
Anthony Albanese’s Response to the Economic Crisis Is a Public Relations Strategy
It’s the worst cost-of-living crisis in generations, and all the Australian Labor Party wants to offer are measures that are so inadequate, they’re tantamount to smoke and mirrors. That’s why Labor is rapidly losing ground to the Left.
Vulture Capitalists Want to Flood the Health Care System With Cheap Medical Labor
Private equity firms have conspired to flood the emergency health care market with ER doctors in an effort to cut labor costs — in the midst of what patients will still experience as an acute physician shortage with declining standards of care.
No, We Shouldn’t Force Americans to Work Longer Before Retiring
A rising chorus of mainstream politicians and pundits wants you to put off retirement and work into your seventies. Don’t listen to them. We have plenty of resources to allow American workers to retire with dignity and enjoy their golden years without forcing them to keep working.
The Democrats and the Deficit Con
Dick Cheney was right: deficits don’t matter. If only Democrats would learn.
Bulletin — Tuesday, July 10
Today in Bulletin: Could globalization end with a whimper? . . . Christian Democracy in the USA . . . China’s Marxist millennials . . . and more.
Fighting COVID-19 Is Not an Excuse for Attacking Civil Liberties
We should use digital technology to fight the coronavirus and keep people safe. But that doesn’t mean we should accept ruling elites or private companies wantonly trampling on our civil liberties.
Jacobin’s Quarantine Movie List
A new canon for those stuck indoors.
Stephanie Kelton Thinks the Conventional Wisdom Is Changing
In an interview with Jacobin, economist Stephanie Kelton argues that we're seeing a paradigm shift away from free-market dogmas and austerity.
Joe Biden Has Picked a Longtime Social Security Privatizer to Oversee Social Security
Joe Biden has nominated right-wing think tank fellow Andrew Biggs to the Social Security Advisory Board. Biggs has spent his career advocating privatization and cuts to the program that provides retirement benefits for 66 million Americans.
To Win Reelection, Biden Is Going to Have to Actually Run on Something
Joe Biden is shouldering historically low poll numbers heading into his reelection campaign. The good news is that he has a readymade platform in the form of the defunct Build Back Better bill. The bad news? He'll have to be forced to run on it.
Biden’s Increase in Government Spending Won’t Touch Capitalists’ Power
Joe Biden’s recent spending spree can make the United States a less miserable place. But the president has no interest in bringing about the structural change that would weaken the power capitalists have over workers.
The Lie of ‘Rebuilding’ the Military
A right-wing misinformation campaign and timid liberal pushback has obscured how absurdly bloated the US military budget is.