Jacobin

How discontent over housing, and not workplace struggle, made Paris’s suburbs hotbeds of communism.Sorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.

On crime, just as on other issues, Zohran Mamdani is leading the Left out of dead-end ​​​​sloganeering and toward progressive governance.Sorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.

Politicians and thought leaders have spent decades demonizing American cities. urban-legendsSorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.

Eric Adams’s alleged record as Brooklyn borough president and mayor of New York City would be tough for anyone to top.Sorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.

Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa’s unsuccessful run for mayor of New York was a stark reminder of how much has changed in NYC since the dark days of the fiscal crisis — and how much remains the same.Illustration by Sam TaylorSorry, this article is available to...

Boutique storefronts, gourmet shops, and bike lanes are not the reason urban housing is unaffordable.Illustration by Sam TaylorSorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.

Jacobin Finally Gets the Key to the CityIllustration by Rose WongSorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.

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