Jacobin

On May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the Israeli government banned Al Jazeera from operating within Israeli-controlled territory. Israel had already killed scores of journalists, many of them from Al Jazeera, but to use powers...

Last week, a federal district court in Texas preliminarily enjoined the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from initiating an administrative proceeding against SpaceX on the grounds that removal protections for the agency’s administrative law judges (ALJs)...

NATO’s second-largest army is currently pursuing a clandestine war of occupation in Iraqi Kurdistan. After forty years of conflict with the militant Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which espouses a unique ideology based on devolved, women-led...

The outcome of this year’s Indian elections has raised hopes for a curb on India’s slide toward twenty-first-century fascism. Even so, the prognosis remains tenuous as the signal of a truly Indian people’s democracy continues...

Towering cranes pierce the sky, contrasting with the rural surroundings. It’s an early morning in June, the air already gauzy and thick, and construction is humming at the Toyota Battery mega-site in Liberty, North Carolina....

Minnesota’s Democratic governor, Tim Walz, is now something of an overnight celebrity. Walz made a name for himself locally as a plainspoken, commonsense politician. This week, his star has risen as he’s taken to cable...

Amazon workers at the JFK8 fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York, voted to elect reform officers in the first-ever leadership election. “We are extremely excited to announce that every candidate on our reform caucus...

Cryptocurrency companies are on an unprecedented spending spree to oust politicians opposed to their agenda and to help elect pro-crypto candidates in the 2024 election cycle. The cryptocurrency industry — valued at $2.5 trillion worldwide —...

Ismail al-Ghoul was one of Gaza’s youngest and bravest journalists. On Wednesday, al-Ghoul, along with photographer Rami al-Rifi, was reporting from the al-Shati refugee camp west of Gaza City, an area designated as a “safe...

The film opens on a stage: it’s the final act of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and John “Divine G” Whitfield (Colman Domingo) is delivering Lysander’s famous lines: “And ere a man hath power to say...

Republicans and Democrats could hardly have more starkly different ideas for family policy. Take care and education: the Republicans’ Project 2025 would zero out Head Start, costing over 750,000 low-income children and families their childcare...

Britain is broke. This is the message that Rachel Reeves has just delivered to the nation as she announced forthcoming cuts to public spending and investment. Reeves claims that the Tories left the country in...