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.
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Jacobin Finally Gets the Key to the CityIllustration by Rose WongSorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.
On King David, King Donald, and the 2028 Election
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Picking Up the Shards of Broken Windows Policing
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Zohran Mamdani Is Right on Public Safety
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.
Urban Legends
Politicians and thought leaders have spent decades demonizing American cities. urban-legendsSorry, this article is available to subscriber only. Click here to subscribe.
Free Reign
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.
Colonial Plunder Didn’t Create Capitalism
Despite what you may have heard, colonial plunder didn’t give rise to capitalism. In an interview with Jacobin, Vivek Chibber discusses why the “colonialism-created-capitalism” argument fails, and why Marxism provides a better account of its emergence.Resources...
Making a May Day 2028 General Strike a Reality
In the wake of the historic stand-up strike two years ago, United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain called on the labor movement to prepare to strike together on May 1, 2028. What will it take to make a successful general strike a reality?The idea of a May 2028...
Sortition Can Help Cure What Ails Our Democracy
Americans are frustrated with our increasingly oligarchic political system. Selecting an assortment of lawmaking deliberative bodies through random lotteries could help fix it, by empowering ordinary people rather than unaccountable politicians.Trial juries, in which...
Threatened With Jail for Offering Blankets to Migrants
Twenty-four aid workers in Greece are being tried on trumped-up smuggling charges after they gave blankets and water to migrants. Some have been in pretrial detention for months in a case highlighting the EU’s authoritarian clampdown on migrant rescue.Aid workers said...
American Socialists Aren’t Tired of Winning
More than 100 democratic socialist elected officials, staffers, and organizers from across the US met in New Orleans for the third How We Win conference last weekend. The gathering demonstrated American socialists’ growing influence and confidence.Even most socialists...