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Citizens United 2.0

Citizens United 2.0

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on a GOP-led case that could repeal campaign finance limits on how much money parties can redirect to individual candidates. Here are the standout moments.A new Supreme Court case could become Citizens United 2.0. (Doug Mills /...

The Economy Is on the Brink

The Economy Is on the Brink

We’re heading into what could be a rough economic patch with the worst leadership imaginable.Job seekers wait in line to enter a job fair hosted by the Cook County government in Chicago to support federal workers who have been laid off. (Jamie Kelter Davis / Bloomberg...

Diana Moreno Is Running for Zohran Mamdani’s Assembly Seat

Diana Moreno Is Running for Zohran Mamdani’s Assembly Seat

Diana Moreno is a socialist, mother, and Ecuadorian immigrant. And she’s looking to fill Zohran Mamdani’s now-vacant seat in the New York State Assembly. We spoke to her about her campaign.NYC-DSA has endorsed Diana Moreno to run for Zohran Mamdani’s assembly seat in...

Once the Party of Business, Republicans Have Gone Rogue

Once the Party of Business, Republicans Have Gone Rogue

The Republicans have always been enemies of labor. Now, freed from the shackles of their business patrons, Paul Heideman argues in his new book, the GOP may be more dangerous than ever.Why did America’s capitalist class fail when it tried to discipline the GOP after...

Weakening Migrants’ Rights in the Name of Fighting Racism

Weakening Migrants’ Rights in the Name of Fighting Racism

Keir Starmer wants to weaken the European Convention on Human Rights, hoping that this will win back voters from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK. In the name of fighting right-wing politics, he’s handing more powers to a future Farage-led government.Keir Starmer’s Britain is...

It’s Time for New York to Take On Amazon

It’s Time for New York to Take On Amazon

Amazon has long evaded unionization of its last-mile delivery drivers by misclassifying them as independent contractors. Legislation introduced by socialist New York City Council member Tiffany Cabán could put an end to that.A new law introduced by socialist New York...

Zohran Mamdani Is Listening — and Taking Notes

Zohran Mamdani Is Listening — and Taking Notes

At an unusual event in Queens on Sunday, everyday New Yorkers lined up to offer their expertise and experience to democratic socialist mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.For a mayor-elect who came to power through working-class and grassroots organizing, the act of listening...

Neoliberal Globalization Never Abolished the Nation-State

Neoliberal Globalization Never Abolished the Nation-State

Philip Cunliffe’s analysis of world politics after globalization takes the phony rhetoric of leaders like Tony Blair at face value instead of digging deeper. As a result, he can’t make sense of what globalism actually was or what is going to replace it.British prime...

The Downfall of Larry Summers Was Long Overdue

The Downfall of Larry Summers Was Long Overdue

Larry Summers has been forced to step back from public life after revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. His moment of disgrace comes after decades of work promoting economic policies that have had a devastating impact on countless people.Larry Summers’s fall...

Guest Worker Schemes Are a Machine for Labor Exploitation

Guest Worker Schemes Are a Machine for Labor Exploitation

European governments that have pledged to clamp down on immigration are still expanding schemes for workers to come on short-term visas. Their goal is to maximize predatory exploitation of migrant workers without giving them any rights or security.A migrant worker...

Democratic Governance Depends on Stable, Affordable Housing

Democratic Governance Depends on Stable, Affordable Housing

A population that cannot afford to stay in one place cannot build civic associations, and a society without civic associations cannot resist concentrated power.The crisis of affordable housing has severed the ties that the country’s founders thought necessary for...

Squeezing Water From the Rubble in Syria

Squeezing Water From the Rubble in Syria

Reporting from Yarmouk — the devastated Palestinian refugee district on the edge of Damascus — Jacobin follows the Palestinian House, a grassroots reconstruction initiative, as it leads efforts to dig wells and restore water in a camp abandoned by the state. A crew of...