Down and Out in Pittsburgh and Las Vegas
A slice of life from a country in crisis.
175 Articles by: Editors
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America’s Railroad to Nowhere
We know the US rail network is no match for trains in France or Japan. But Barack Obama’s plan for high-speed rail couldn’t even match that of Morocco or Uzbekistan.
Mapping the Decline
How the neoliberal project’s very own fifty-state strategy left poverty and low wages in its wake.
America the Laggard
By virtually any measure, people in the United States are worse off than those in other rich countries. There’s no disputing the impact of our weak entitlements and paltry labor protections.
The Great Divergence
It used to be better to be a low-wage worker in the United States than in France. That hasn’t been the case for a long while.
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The Enemy Within
Leaked messages from Labour Party staff littered with casual racism and sexism show that they worked against Jeremy Corbyn and wanted to keep the Tories in power.
The Social Democracy Index
We looked at the best polling from the 2020 primary season. Turns out, you can spot a Bernie Sanders supporter not just by their age, but by their support for social-democratic policies.
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Jacobin’s Racial Justice Reading List
The point of a reading list should be to understand the world in order to change it. Here are ten essential books that can help inform the struggle for racial justice today.
Interpreter of Maladies
Here’s a guide to the words you should probably know, even if you don’t want to think about them.
Letters + Celebrities Speak
Life is better if you own a yacht.
It Takes a Herd
Simply put, vaccination saves lives.
Virulence and Contagiousness
Deadly pathogens may kill their host before the host has a chance to pass on the pathogen. That’s why there tends to be a trade-off between virulence and contagiousness.
An Urgent Appeal for Your Support
We’ve avoided making an appeal up to this point, but if you’re able, we’d appreciate your support.
We Need Better Drugs
We’re in a race with bacteria to develop new classes of antibiotics. The free market isn’t helping.
A Pandemic Foretold
Thirty years ago, an urgent report about microbial threats to public health was ignored by policymakers.
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David Sirota Joins the Jacobin Team
Bernie 2020 senior adviser and speechwriter David Sirota will join Jacobin as an editor at large.