For the first time ever, polls show more Americans support Palestine than Israel. The unwavering fealty to Israel of the Democratic Party and a range of other American institutions can’t last forever. Activists gather in front of Union Station during an emergency...
Donald Trump’s attack on the Fed is part of his authoritarian attempt to capture the administrative state. Economist Mona Ali spoke to Jacobin about the stakes of the current clash between Trump and Lisa Cook and what a democratized Fed could look like. Donald Trump...
A surprising number of Andrew Cuomo’s allies, donors, and friends have close ties to the late pedophile and sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo speaks during an election has been friendly with the same New York elite that...
As New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani will have a range of options to encourage large numbers of workers to unionize — essential both for improving working-class living standards in an unaffordable city and building an organized force to win his agenda. New York City...
Darren Aronofsky’s Caught Stealing sees the typically pretentious auteur shift gears toward fun and violence in late 1990s NYC. It’s a throwback to gritty 1970s filmmaking but set in the Giuliani era — the perfect setting for our downwardly mobile 2025. Still from...
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s experience in power in Brazil illustrates that a broad-front strategy in campaigning is decidedly weaker as a case for how to actually govern. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva at Palazzo Chigi on June 21, 2023, in Rome, Italy....
While Donald Trump’s attacks on the Fed are deeply authoritarian, the institution itself is far from blameworthy. From the 2008 crash to the pandemic, its primary aim has been to protect the interests of the wealthy. Jerome Powell speaking during a news conference...
There is much more to life than work. We all have families, friends, and a beautiful world to enjoy. We need more time off to enjoy it. When we’re working constantly, we aren’t able to appreciate the infinite grandeur of our world. We need more time off to enjoy the...
Research shows that work shapes not only material life but also identity and community. If AI erases work as we know it, it could also erase the foundations of mass politics. Studies show that in spite of capitalism’s alienation and exploitation, many workers...
First CVS bled Rite Aid dry with half a billion in retroactive fees, then it bought the corpse and called it consolidation. For consumers, the result is higher drug costs. Bankruptcy trustees say CVS Caremark imposed fraudulent fees that helped sink Rite Aid, then...
Danielle Smith, Alberta’s leader, is fusing libertarian dogma with oil-soaked grievance politics. It’s Canada’s version of the New Right, dressed up in provincial pride. Danielle Smith has turned the Canadian province Alberta into a testing ground for austerity...
Donald Trump’s No Tax on Tips policy is a major part of his appeal to working-class Americans. But tipping is itself a strange and flawed system invented to preserve inequality. Critics worry Trump’s policy will only intensify tipping culture. Americans think tipping...