Despite massive investment and grand promises, AI companies are struggling to deliver returns. The bubble may be deflating, but like the dot-com crash, the aftermath could consolidate power in the hands of tech giants. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta,...
After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in his America longer and longer. ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show signals that not even comedians are safe. Last night,...
Menswear expert Derek Guy talks to Jacobin about where Western men’s clothing traditions came from, how they have evolved, and how they're being continually reinterpreted. Four men model the latest two-button suits of 1963 in front of a crowded Paris restaurant....
Since Bernie Sanders’s insurgent bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, democratic socialism has migrated from the margins of American politics to a visible and popular current. The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) now boasts candidates with...
This year’s congressional defense spending bill would further entrench the military’s role at the US border and, for the first time, allow the Department of Defense to outsource border security work to private contractors. Personnel from various agencies reinforce...
The historic sentencing of former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison signals the health of Brazil’s fragile democratic institutions. But it cannot provide a neat ending to the Right’s long-running assault on Brazilian democracy. The conviction of Jair...
The Czech Republic’s prime minister, Petr Fiala, boasts of his defense of democracy and the rule of law. Yet faced with Israel’s crimes in Gaza, the Czech government can forgive its Western allies anything. If Czech prime minister Petr Fiala wants to portray the...
The death of Robert Redford has brought forth a tidal wave of praise beyond even the usual gushing torrents that attend the deaths of celebrities. Because of the extraordinary longevity of his stardom over many decades and the multifaceted nature of his pursuits,...
While Donald Trump assaults civil liberties and the social safety net, Democrats are lost. Capital’s continued dominance of both parties and Big Tech’s machinations in particular are key to understanding our political crisis, argues Thomas Ferguson. The emergence of...
Conservative apologists for the status quo often stigmatize their opponents as “utopian.” But socialists and feminists shouldn’t be afraid of the term, since utopian thought can play an important role in helping us develop practical alternatives. Depiction of a...
Tech companies are marketing AI-based note-taking software to therapists as a new time-saving tool. But by signing up, providers may be unknowingly offering patients’ sensitive health information as data fodder to the multibillion-dollar AI therapy industry. Providers...
Over the past week since the horrific assassination of Charlie Kirk, we’ve watched conservatives unabashedly take ownership of “cancel culture” and crack down on free speech right before our eyes. In the days following Charlie Kirk’s assassination, several major...