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In an easy-to-miss two-line order in its shadow docket, the US Supreme Court just vacated the corruption conviction of a local official, raising a question: Will the kind of influence peddling that’s now ubiquitous in politics...

Recently, Jerusalem Demsas and Matthew Yglesias debated the merits of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs on a new podcast for the liberal magazine the Argument. Demsas took the view that these programs are, on...

Consider the sudden appearance of a product called full-body deodorant on a store shelf near you. In the past couple of years, newer hygiene brands such as Lume and Mando, as well as legacy giants...

“Heretics always remain tied to the church. To break out, what you do is nail your theses on the door, turn around and develop your own framework.” Most students of Anwar Shaikh, including the coauthors...

My first visit to the United States was in summer 2016. Through Darko Suvin, the legendary critic and literary historian of science fiction, I had the chance to meet another legendary thinker, Fredric Jameson. I...

Reacting to news of Viktor Orbán’s defeat in Sunday’s Hungarian election, many of his admirers insisted that he had, after all, done a good job. Jordan Bardella, president of France’s Rassemblement National, wrote that Orbán...

With the people of Iran now targeted by the goons currently running the United States and Israel, Donald Trump’s recent and explicit threat to destroy their very “civilization” has only lent even more agony to...

On Sunday, April 12, Zohran Mamdani delivered a speech reflecting on his first one hundred days as New York City’s mayor. Jacobin reprints his remarks here. It is a Sunday night in New York City....

“Free money.” That’s what the Trump administration promised to millions of US children during the Super Bowl. The windfall would come courtesy of Trump Accounts, the new investment accounts for children under eighteen, which people...

Earlier this year, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney went viral after declaring the supposed end to American economic hegemony in Davos, Switzerland. The current “rupture,” Carney said, necessitated rethinking the economic relationships that “middle powers”...

Frank Bardacke For the men we know about, it comes from money or political connections or celebrity. Where did César’s power come from? The first answer is that he had just turned a losing 1965...

A large portion of Kenya’s youth work as “Boda-Bodas,” or motorbike taxis. It’s a dangerous job that earns them around $1 a day. This was how Patrick Maina used to earn a living before his...