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Our latest issue, "Borders," is out now!
We examine whether borders are a necessary defense against capital’s race to the bottom or just another tool for sustaining inequality
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From The Godfather to Reds to Something's Gotta Give, Diane Keaton moved between comedy and drama with ease, turning self-doubt and control into the twin engines of her art.
Across decades of self-invention, she built a career that was unmistakably her own.
Across decades of self-invention, she built a career that was unmistakably her own.
Diane Keaton Was Never Just Annie Hall
From The Godfather to Reds to Something's Gotta Give, Diane Keaton moved between comedy and drama with ease, turning self-doubt and control into the twin engines of her art. Across decades of self-invention, she built a career that was unmistakably her own.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
From The Godfather to Reds to Something's Gotta Give, Diane Keaton moved between comedy and drama with ease, turning self-doubt and control into the twin engines of her art.
Across decades of self-invention, she built a career that was unmistakably her own.
Across decades of self-invention, she built a career that was unmistakably her own.
Green politics won’t succeed if they can’t simultaneously speak to questions of affordability. And green affordability will require expanded public ownership.
Labor’s Climate Fight Requires Public Ownership
Green politics won’t succeed if they can’t simultaneously speak to questions of affordability. And green affordability will require expanded public ownership.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Green politics won’t succeed if they can’t simultaneously speak to questions of affordability. And green affordability will require expanded public ownership.
The Food and Drug Administration, once a powerful regulatory agency, has been compromised by its cozy relationship with Big Pharma.
Despite feigned concern for public health, the Trump administration is only worsening the agency’s decline.
Despite feigned concern for public health, the Trump administration is only worsening the agency’s decline.
How Big Pharma Turned FDA Approval Into a Rubber Stamp
The Food and Drug Administration, once a powerful regulatory agency, has been compromised by its cozy relationship with Big Pharma. Despite feigned concern for public health, the Trump administration is only worsening the agency’s decline.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The Food and Drug Administration, once a powerful regulatory agency, has been compromised by its cozy relationship with Big Pharma.
Despite feigned concern for public health, the Trump administration is only worsening the agency’s decline.
Despite feigned concern for public health, the Trump administration is only worsening the agency’s decline.
In October’s election, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president, Paul Biya, retained his four-decade-long grip on power.
Electoral fraud and repression trap Cameroon in a system inherited from colonization, designed to serve foreign interests and a small elite.
Electoral fraud and repression trap Cameroon in a system inherited from colonization, designed to serve foreign interests and a small elite.
In Cameroon, Hopes for Change Have Been Stifled
In October’s election, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president, Paul Biya, retained his four-decade-long grip on power. Electoral fraud and repression trap Cameroon in a system inherited from colonization, designed to serve foreign interests and a small elite.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:29 PM
In October’s election, Cameroon’s 92-year-old president, Paul Biya, retained his four-decade-long grip on power.
Electoral fraud and repression trap Cameroon in a system inherited from colonization, designed to serve foreign interests and a small elite.
Electoral fraud and repression trap Cameroon in a system inherited from colonization, designed to serve foreign interests and a small elite.
Canada’s new declarations of independence disguise continued economic and cultural reliance on its threatening neighbor.
From Mark Carney’s trade diplomacy to the literati’s self-congratulation, Canada can’t imagine a freedom that isn’t defined by the US.
From Mark Carney’s trade diplomacy to the literati’s self-congratulation, Canada can’t imagine a freedom that isn’t defined by the US.
“Elbows Up” in the Shadow of the US
Canada’s new declarations of independence disguise continued economic and cultural reliance on its threatening neighbor. From Mark Carney’s trade diplomacy to the literati’s self-congratulation, Canada can’t imagine a freedom that isn’t defined by the US.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Canada’s new declarations of independence disguise continued economic and cultural reliance on its threatening neighbor.
From Mark Carney’s trade diplomacy to the literati’s self-congratulation, Canada can’t imagine a freedom that isn’t defined by the US.
From Mark Carney’s trade diplomacy to the literati’s self-congratulation, Canada can’t imagine a freedom that isn’t defined by the US.
Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve have been met with ardent defenses of central bank independence.
Yet the Fed has always been vulnerable to political pressure, something that the insistence on returning to a pre-Trump status quo elides.
Yet the Fed has always been vulnerable to political pressure, something that the insistence on returning to a pre-Trump status quo elides.
Calls for Central Bank Independence Are Myopic
Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve have been met with ardent defenses of central bank independence. Yet the Fed has always been vulnerable to political pressure, something that the insistence on returning to a pre-Trump status quo elides.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Reserve have been met with ardent defenses of central bank independence.
Yet the Fed has always been vulnerable to political pressure, something that the insistence on returning to a pre-Trump status quo elides.
Yet the Fed has always been vulnerable to political pressure, something that the insistence on returning to a pre-Trump status quo elides.
The government shutdown was a test showing where progressive forces are strong and where they’re weak.
The results are in after last night’s Democratic capitulation to the GOP: most top union leaders are failing to meet the moment.
The results are in after last night’s Democratic capitulation to the GOP: most top union leaders are failing to meet the moment.
Democrats Caved in the Shutdown Fight. Unions Let Them.
The government shutdown was a test showing where progressive forces are strong and where they’re weak. The results are in after last night’s Democratic capitulation to the GOP: most top union leaders are failing to meet the moment.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The government shutdown was a test showing where progressive forces are strong and where they’re weak.
The results are in after last night’s Democratic capitulation to the GOP: most top union leaders are failing to meet the moment.
The results are in after last night’s Democratic capitulation to the GOP: most top union leaders are failing to meet the moment.
The early-20th-century socialist and New York mayoral candidate Morris Hillquit saw liberalism and democracy as providing a foundation for a transition to socialism.
Alongside Eugene Debs, he helped to forge a distinct American socialist tradition.
Alongside Eugene Debs, he helped to forge a distinct American socialist tradition.
The Socialist Who Helped Bring Marx to America
The early-20th-century socialist and New York mayoral candidate Morris Hillquit saw liberalism and democracy as providing a foundation for a transition to socialism. Alongside Eugene Debs, he helped to forge a distinct American socialist tradition.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The early-20th-century socialist and New York mayoral candidate Morris Hillquit saw liberalism and democracy as providing a foundation for a transition to socialism.
Alongside Eugene Debs, he helped to forge a distinct American socialist tradition.
Alongside Eugene Debs, he helped to forge a distinct American socialist tradition.
Since Los Angeles passed its tenant anti-harassment law in 2021, the city received over 21,000 complaints but referred just 35 cases for prosecution. Now Highland Park tenants have forced the first-ever enforcement through relentless organizing.
LA Tenants Have Won a Breakthrough Against Landlord Abuse
Since Los Angeles passed its tenant anti-harassment law in 2021, the city received over 21,000 complaints but referred just 35 cases for prosecution. Now Highland Park tenants have forced the first-ever enforcement through relentless organizing.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Since Los Angeles passed its tenant anti-harassment law in 2021, the city received over 21,000 complaints but referred just 35 cases for prosecution. Now Highland Park tenants have forced the first-ever enforcement through relentless organizing.
It’s not just Zohran Mamdani — socialist candidates won municipal elections across the US last week.
Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on impressive grassroots volunteer operations.
Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on impressive grassroots volunteer operations.
Socialists Won City Elections Across the Country This Week
It’s not just Zohran Mamdani — socialist candidates won municipal elections across the US last week. Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on impressive grassroots volunteer operations.
jacobin.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It’s not just Zohran Mamdani — socialist candidates won municipal elections across the US last week.
Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on impressive grassroots volunteer operations.
Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on impressive grassroots volunteer operations.
A decade ago, Western governments pitched the green transition as a solution to reindustrialization and economic decline.
The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
The Broken Promises of the Green Transition
A decade ago, Western governments pitched the green transition as a solution to reindustrialization and economic decline. The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
jacobin.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 PM
A decade ago, Western governments pitched the green transition as a solution to reindustrialization and economic decline.
The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
The failure of these policies to produce well-paying jobs has triggered a right-wing backlash in both the UK and the US.
The US sanctions against Francesca Albanese are testament to her courage speaking up for the Palestinians.
If international law lies buried underneath the rubble of Gaza, truth-tellers like Albanese have implacably defended basic universalist principles.
If international law lies buried underneath the rubble of Gaza, truth-tellers like Albanese have implacably defended basic universalist principles.
Francesca Albanese and the Palestinian Fight for Survival
The US sanctions against Francesca Albanese are testament to her courage speaking up for the Palestinians. If international law lies buried underneath the rubble of Gaza, truth-tellers like Albanese have implacably defended basic universalist principles.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The US sanctions against Francesca Albanese are testament to her courage speaking up for the Palestinians.
If international law lies buried underneath the rubble of Gaza, truth-tellers like Albanese have implacably defended basic universalist principles.
If international law lies buried underneath the rubble of Gaza, truth-tellers like Albanese have implacably defended basic universalist principles.
Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism,” presenting colonialism and enslavement as eternal.
Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology.
Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology.
One Day, Britain’s Monuments Will Fall
Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism,” presenting colonialism and enslavement as eternal. Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology.
jacobin.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Monuments, museums, and cultural institutions were often created in the image of “militarist realism,” presenting colonialism and enslavement as eternal.
Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology.
Undoing this legacy is not erasing the past but combating a pernicious ideology.
Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara for half a century.
From Henry Kissinger to Donald Trump, US government officials have worked tirelessly to help the Moroccan monarchy maintain its oppressive rule over the Sahrawi people.
From Henry Kissinger to Donald Trump, US government officials have worked tirelessly to help the Moroccan monarchy maintain its oppressive rule over the Sahrawi people.
For 50 Years, Morocco Has Denied Western Sahara Freedom
Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara for half a century. From Henry Kissinger to Donald Trump, US government officials have worked tirelessly to help the Moroccan monarchy maintain its oppressive rule over the Sahrawi people.
jacobin.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Morocco has illegally occupied Western Sahara for half a century.
From Henry Kissinger to Donald Trump, US government officials have worked tirelessly to help the Moroccan monarchy maintain its oppressive rule over the Sahrawi people.
From Henry Kissinger to Donald Trump, US government officials have worked tirelessly to help the Moroccan monarchy maintain its oppressive rule over the Sahrawi people.
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is the kind of well-done, serious drama that used to be commonplace in American filmmaking and now is vanishingly rare.
The Springsteen Movie Is an Emotional Workout for Depressives
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is the kind of well-done, serious drama that used to be commonplace in American filmmaking and now is vanishingly rare.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere is the kind of well-done, serious drama that used to be commonplace in American filmmaking and now is vanishingly rare.
Thanks to New York City’s public campaign finance system, Zohran Mamdani was able to defeat the moneyed and powerful Cuomo political dynasty.
He was victorious despite record-shattering political spending from Andrew Cuomo’s fundraising apparatus.
He was victorious despite record-shattering political spending from Andrew Cuomo’s fundraising apparatus.
Andrew Cuomo’s Tens of Millions Couldn’t Stop Zohran Mamdani
Thanks to New York City’s public campaign finance system, Zohran Mamdani was able to defeat the moneyed and powerful Cuomo political dynasty. He was victorious despite record-shattering political spending from Andrew Cuomo’s fundraising apparatus.
jacobin.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Thanks to New York City’s public campaign finance system, Zohran Mamdani was able to defeat the moneyed and powerful Cuomo political dynasty.
He was victorious despite record-shattering political spending from Andrew Cuomo’s fundraising apparatus.
He was victorious despite record-shattering political spending from Andrew Cuomo’s fundraising apparatus.
New York’s incoming socialist mayor faces real fiscal constraints — but also real opportunities.
With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to govern.
With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to govern.
Mayor Mamdani’s Budget Can Add Up
New York’s incoming socialist mayor faces real fiscal constraints — but also real opportunities. With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to govern.
jacobin.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
New York’s incoming socialist mayor faces real fiscal constraints — but also real opportunities.
With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to govern.
With a strong tax base, modest reforms, and a clear political mandate, Zohran Mamdani has the tools to govern.
In addition to the extensive technology at its disposal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is devising plans for a bounty-hunting program that would enlist private contractors to help carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportations.
ICE Is Planning to Build a Bounty Hunter Army
In addition to the extensive technology at its disposal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is devising plans for a bounty-hunting program that would enlist private contractors to help carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportations.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In addition to the extensive technology at its disposal, Immigration and Customs Enforcement is devising plans for a bounty-hunting program that would enlist private contractors to help carry out Donald Trump’s mass deportations.
Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement after decades as a shrewd political operator.
A genuine leader in a party that lacks them, Pelosi bears a large share of the blame for the Democrats’ embrace of bland corporate centrism.
A genuine leader in a party that lacks them, Pelosi bears a large share of the blame for the Democrats’ embrace of bland corporate centrism.
Nancy Pelosi Helped Drive the Democrats’ Degeneration
Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement after decades as a shrewd political operator. A genuine leader in a party that lacks them, Pelosi bears a large share of the blame for the Democrats’ embrace of bland corporate centrism.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Nancy Pelosi has announced her retirement after decades as a shrewd political operator.
A genuine leader in a party that lacks them, Pelosi bears a large share of the blame for the Democrats’ embrace of bland corporate centrism.
A genuine leader in a party that lacks them, Pelosi bears a large share of the blame for the Democrats’ embrace of bland corporate centrism.
Millions of Americans with Affordable Care Act plans are facing devastating health care costs after Republicans failed to renew pandemic-era extended insurance tax credits.
Meanwhile, major insurers are raking in extravagant profits.
Meanwhile, major insurers are raking in extravagant profits.
Americans Are Being Crushed by Health Care Premiums
Millions of Americans with Affordable Care Act plans are facing devastating health care costs after Republicans failed to renew pandemic-era extended insurance tax credits. Meanwhile, major insurers are raking in extravagant profits.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Millions of Americans with Affordable Care Act plans are facing devastating health care costs after Republicans failed to renew pandemic-era extended insurance tax credits.
Meanwhile, major insurers are raking in extravagant profits.
Meanwhile, major insurers are raking in extravagant profits.
Economist Branko Milanovic is one of the sharpest critics of global inequality. He spoke to Jacobin about how the decline of neoliberal globalization is harshening its most destructive tendencies.
As Neoliberalism Crumbles, It Becomes More Destructive
Economist Branko Milanovic is one of the sharpest critics of global inequality. He spoke to Jacobin about how the decline of neoliberal globalization is harshening its most destructive tendencies.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Economist Branko Milanovic is one of the sharpest critics of global inequality. He spoke to Jacobin about how the decline of neoliberal globalization is harshening its most destructive tendencies.
In Bugonia, Emma Stone plays a kidnapped pharmaceutical CEO trying to convince her deranged abductors that she’s not a sinister alien in disguise.
As a portrait of our political impasse, it’s a shocking, wild ride with an ending you won’t see coming.
As a portrait of our political impasse, it’s a shocking, wild ride with an ending you won’t see coming.
Bugonia Is Yorgos Lanthimos at His Best
In Bugonia, Emma Stone plays a kidnapped pharmaceutical CEO trying to convince her deranged abductors that she’s not a sinister alien in disguise. As a portrait of our political impasse, it’s a shocking, wild ride with an ending you won’t see coming.
jacobin.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In Bugonia, Emma Stone plays a kidnapped pharmaceutical CEO trying to convince her deranged abductors that she’s not a sinister alien in disguise.
As a portrait of our political impasse, it’s a shocking, wild ride with an ending you won’t see coming.
As a portrait of our political impasse, it’s a shocking, wild ride with an ending you won’t see coming.
In 2020, Bernie Sanders decisively won the Nevada primary, in part because many younger immigrant voters persuaded parents and grandparents to vote for him.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory, powered by similar dynamics, marks the second phase of this moment.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory, powered by similar dynamics, marks the second phase of this moment.
Zohran Mamdani Is Bringing Bernie’s “Nevada Moment” Home
In 2020, Bernie Sanders decisively won the Nevada primary, in part because many younger immigrant voters persuaded parents and grandparents to vote for him. Zohran Mamdani’s victory, powered by similar dynamics, marks the second phase of this moment.
jacobin.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In 2020, Bernie Sanders decisively won the Nevada primary, in part because many younger immigrant voters persuaded parents and grandparents to vote for him.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory, powered by similar dynamics, marks the second phase of this moment.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory, powered by similar dynamics, marks the second phase of this moment.
Long before Zohran Mamdani, Schenectady, New York, elected a socialist mayor who tried to make good on radical promises inside city hall.
His short experiment still speaks to the challenges — and possibilities — of governing on the Left.
His short experiment still speaks to the challenges — and possibilities — of governing on the Left.
The Socialist Mayor of Schenectady
Long before Zohran Mamdani, Schenectady, New York, elected a socialist mayor who tried to make good on radical promises inside city hall. His short experiment still speaks to the challenges — and possibilities — of governing on the Left.
jacobin.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Long before Zohran Mamdani, Schenectady, New York, elected a socialist mayor who tried to make good on radical promises inside city hall.
His short experiment still speaks to the challenges — and possibilities — of governing on the Left.
His short experiment still speaks to the challenges — and possibilities — of governing on the Left.
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory shows that we don’t just need better candidates and stronger messaging.
We need public campaign funding to financially invest in democracy.
We need public campaign funding to financially invest in democracy.
Zohran’s Victory Proves That Public Campaign Financing Works
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory shows that we don’t just need better candidates and stronger messaging. We need public campaign funding to financially invest in democracy.
jacobin.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral victory shows that we don’t just need better candidates and stronger messaging.
We need public campaign funding to financially invest in democracy.
We need public campaign funding to financially invest in democracy.