It’s clear that Donald Trump will aim to make governance as difficult as possible for Zohran Mamdani’s potential New York City mayoralty. But Mamdani has a range of options available to counter the president’s attacks. New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani...
Marxism has had a powerful influence on Indian historiography, to the displeasure of the Hindutva far right. Much of the credit lies with D. D. Kosambi, whose pioneering work applied and adapted Marxist ideas for the study of Indian history. Portrait of D. D. Kosambi...
With David Duke as a godfather, perhaps it’s no surprise that Adrianne Black ended up on the far right. Since breaking with this toxic political scene, she’s been speaking to audiences about the potential for winning people back from racism and fascism. Members of the...
Congressional Republicans have delivered on the pro-Israel organization AIPAC’s wish list in the latest military spending bill, including tens of millions of dollars a year for the Israeli military to develop AI technologies. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
The world’s oldest president, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, is running for yet another term. Biya’s autocratic rule stems directly from a brutal colonial war France waged in the 1950s and ’60s while keeping it virtually hidden from the outside world. French president Emmanuel...
The Right has finally managed to gut public broadcasting. Our already anemic access to news, education, and culture has taken a massive blow. Signage outside the National Public Radio headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 17, 2025. (Al Drago / Bloomberg via Getty...
A significant portion of the abundance movement views unions as a barrier that needs to be overcome in the name of efficiency. UCLA academic workers from United Auto Workers picket on the first day of their strike on May 28, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. (Mario...
Best known as lead vocalist of Galaxie 500, Dean Wareham has a new solo album. He spoke to Jacobin about what it means for music to be political in times when it’s hard to watch the news. Dean Wareham performs on stage at Sala Apolo on May 9, 2014, in Barcelona,...
Private equity firms have been quietly taking control of dental care over the last decade, pushing practices to cut costs and, in some cases, encouraging unnecessary and irreversible procedures. A dental assistant with her patient in Denver, Colorado, on July 2, 2025....
For decades, many leftists dropped talk of economic planning due to its association with Soviet bureaucracy. But both the climate crisis and the reality of massive state intervention in capitalist economies have made democratic planning inescapable. A...
To keep the US happy, Mark Carney’s Liberal government is pushing Bill C-2 — expanding surveillance, limiting refugee protections, and eroding privacy in the name of national security. It’s Canada’s own PATRIOT Act, minus the excuse of an actual attack. Mark Carney,...
Yet another study confirms what we already know: economic populism is the only way for Democrats to win working-class voters. A voter walk to the voting booth at Bedford High School during the New Hampshire primary on February 11, 2020, in Bedford, New Hampshire....