Jacobin

The second Trump administration has been doing a right-wing authoritarian speedrun. The welfare state has been slashed and the machinery of state repression massively ramped up. Republicans have attacked health care subsidies and food assistance...

Émile Torres IQ is very important to a lot of people in the TESCREAL movement. Many of them are, as they would put it, “IQ realists.” They think IQ measures something real about the human...

I finally saw Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, which is streaming on Netflix after a brief theatrical release. And I was astounded at what a mess it is. There’s an occasional gleam of beauty and liveliness...

Canadian autoworkers have faced many crises over the years, but the present threat is distinct. Lana Payne, president of Unifor, has warned that “If we don’t push back hard against [US president Donald Trump] and...

Chanting “What’s outrageous? Starbucks wages! What’s appalling? Starbucks stalling! What’s disgusting? Union busting!”, Starbucks workers at stores across the country walked out Thursday. They are on strike against unfair labor practices and the company’s stonewalling...

Jeffrey Epstein is in the news again, this time after the House Oversight Committee released a whole library of his correspondence over the years. On one hand, the rare glimpse into the world of elite...

Today Donald Trump presides over his own Murder Incorporated, less a government than a death squad. Many brushed off his proclamation early in his second term that the Gulf of Mexico would henceforth be called...

Angela Rifo has experienced unspeakable violence. During Chile’s seventeen-year dictatorship, the trade unionist was detained and tortured. Since then, she has dedicated her life to ensuring that others wouldn’t have to suffer as she did...

Millions of Americans are likely experiencing sticker shock as they learn that their monthly health insurance bills are set to skyrocket next year. Much of the blame has focused on the likely expiration of enhanced...

During the midterm election next year, the Democratic Party hopes to regain lost ground on Capitol Hill by running a new crop of  “service candidates” — men and women whose campaign bios stress their past...

Two hundred twenty-nine deaths and destruction on a scale hitherto unseen in Spain during peacetime. Such was the result of the torrential rains that lashed Valencia province on October 29, 2024, triggering a series of...

Minja Koskela is leader of Finland’s Left Alliance. She spoke to Jacobin about how the right-wing-populist Finns Party is using its place in government to attack labor and public services, and how her party is...