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In Zohran Mamdani’s victory speech two weeks ago, he said: The conventional wisdom would tell you that I am far from the perfect candidate. I am young, despite my best efforts to grow older. I...

Over three decades ago, the British historian Tim Mason sounded the alarm. He spoke of a “disappearance of theories or articulated concepts of fascism from research and writing.” Examining the relationship between Italian Fascism and...

Everything is wrong with Edgar Wright’s The Running Man, and I say that as someone who’s long been rooting for him. I’m a big fan of his early films Shaun of the Dead (2004) and...

The Mexican government is failing to prosecute violent retaliation and threats against workers who organize, says a new report, putting Mexico out of compliance with its trade agreement with the United States and Canada. The report...

As speculation mounts about another Trump-brokered peace plan for Ukraine, much of today’s debate feels like déjà vu. There are the same denunciations of “vested interests” in the conflict, the condemnations of warmongers, and the...

After the Senate buried provisions stripping food safety regulations in its emergency spending bill to end the forty-four-day government shutdown, the House followed suit and introduced additional clauses that would temporarily bar states from regulating which foods manufacturers can...

Seizing control of a Chinese-owned tech firm was a bold move for the Dutch government — straining the European Union’s relations with Beijing. Economy Minister Vincent Karremans shocked the business world in September by invoking...

We believe that part of the fight for a better future is remembering and building upon the struggles of the past. That is why the editors and designers at Jacobin have put together a special...

Kathryn Bigelow’s new nuclear thriller, A House of Dynamite, has been criticized by some experts for being unrealistic, most notably because it portrays an unlikely scenario in which an adversary chooses to attack the United States with just a single nuclear-armed...

There’s an ironclad truism in youth sports: every parent turns into an ESPN 30 for 30 documentarian as soon as they have a video recording device in hand and their kid is in the game. Some...

By all measures Zohran Mamdani’s victory was historic. Coming from virtually nowhere, the Queens assemblymember confronted the status quo and painted an inspiring image of what New York City can be. As an architect, I’m...

In March, Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP) will elect a new leader. This April, the federal party suffered its worst election showing ever, winning a mere seven seats. Leader Jagmeet Singh promptly resigned. Five candidates...