A New Day in Philadelphia
A left-wing civil rights lawyer is within reach of becoming Philadelphia's district attorney. Can he use the office to roll back mass incarceration?
Articles by
Daniel Denvir
Daniel Denvir is a writer in residence with the Fair Punishment Project and the host of the Dig on Jacobin Radio.
America’s Durable Monstrosity
New figures show that the US prison population has dropped. But mass incarceration remains firmly intact.
Stand With Keith Ellison
We can debate what Ellison can accomplish as the chair of a party dedicated to selling out workers -- but there is no doubt about who would cheer his defeat.
How Centrists Failed Immigrants
On immigration, the road to the noxious nativism of Donald Trump was paved by centrist Democrats and moderate Republicans.
A Better Gun Control
The only kind of gun control we have in the United States is the kind that locks up black people. We need an alternative.