Last year’s Pelicot trial was the biggest rape case in French history, drawing huge public attention. But only an appeal last week saw the case heard before a jury, allowing ordinary citizens to pass judgement on the rapists. When Gisèle Pelicot returned to court for...
In Roofman, Channing Tatum plays a real-life lovable burglar and family man trying to make it in America. But while writer-director Derek Cianfrance clearly wanted a lighthearted, feel-good movie, Roofman is instead a dark exploration of American pathos. Channing...
The activist and writer Cory Doctorow spoke to Jacobin about the steady decline of the “enshittified” internet and what we can do to save it. There is a pattern of platform decay, but it is caused by an “enshittogenic” environment that originates in the policy sphere....
Will Amazon disrupt groceries? How did Walmart take over food sales? Is Zohran Mamdani’s public grocery plan too small? Why is the market increasingly polarized between Erewhons and dollar stores? An ex–Whole Foods vice president gives us an industry tour. Walmart is...
Huge bankruptcies for used car firms have exposed Wall Street’s entanglement with the sector. Far from derisking after the Great Recession, banks rebuilt the economy on obscure financial intermediaries that are now sinking. Tricolor Holdings, a large subprime auto...
Last night at a campaign rally, Zohran Mamdani addressed his supporters: “For too long, we have tried not to lose. Now, it is time that we win.” New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani speaks at United Palace on October 13, 2025. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty...
In Russia and occupied Ukraine, many thousands of civilians have been jailed or forcibly disappeared for speaking out against the invasion. The numbers reflect a crackdown on dissent worse than at any point since the 1950s. Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine has led...
France’s new prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has had a rocky start. Yet as armed forces minister, he has already proved himself where it counts: loyally defending Emmanuel Macron’s austerity plans while pushing for ever higher military spending. Sébastien Lecornu...
Political fearmongering about the effects of immigration on the British economy doesn’t track with reality. Illustration by Jan Robert Dünnweller. Sorry, this articles is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.
In 2018, #AbolishICE was everywhere. Seven years later, the agency is bigger than ever, yet the slogan’s champions are nowhere to be found. Illustration by Benny Douet. Sorry, this articles is available to subscriber only. Click here to...
Some American trade unionists have argued that labor should remain “neutral” on the question of Palestine. In fact, the US labor movement has never been neutral: its union officialdom has a more-than-century-long history of allying with Zionism. President Dwight D....
The insatiable demands of the military industrial complex are a barrier to human flourishing on a livable planet. Increasing military budgets as part of rising great-power competition is a disaster across multiple fronts: for the victims of wars, for an already...