Most voters aren’t rejecting Democrats over the culture war. They’re rejecting them because they don’t deliver. Contrary to many analyses that have blamed Democrats for holding extreme positions on cultural issues, the dominant theme was voters’ anger at the party for...
Redistributing income alone is unlikely to solve America’s vast inequalities. Workers need and want more power in their workplace and for the state to weaken the influence that corporations have over their lives. Changing the predistribution of incomes requires...
For years, across multiple presidential administrations, the US government has been pursuing aggressive lawsuits against the tech giants. The toothless sentence Google recently received for its illegal search monopoly suggests the effort is all for naught. District...
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.