Trump’s War on Wind: Thousands of Jobs Destroyed

The Revolution Wind offshore turbine farm off the coast of Rhode Island is 80 percent complete, but its fate remains uncertain after the Department of Interior issued a stop-work order on August 22.

The Recognition of Palestine Is a Big Deal

Recognition of Palestinian statehood—especially from the U.K.—is not merely symbolic. It has specific ramifications under international law.

The US Abandoned Affordable Housing We Can Create It

America’s packed eviction courts and overflowing homeless shelters are the result of decades of deliberate policy choices. We once made better choices rooted in a commitment to providing decent, affordable housing for all. It’s not too late to rever

The Consensus Is Clear: It’s Genocide.

There is a UN convention for exactly this kind of horror: the convention for the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide. When will the world act on it?

Dispatches From the Culture Wars — September 23, 2025

A time to try our souls

This Week in People’s History, Sep 24–30, 2025

President Johnson in the White House talking with Martin Luther King, Jr., Whitney Young, Jr., and James Farmer
Affirmative Action Had a Long Run, But Not Nearly Long Enough (1965), Working for Amazon Is Very, Very, Dangerous (2000), Witch-Hunt Targets Hazel Scott (1950), Bad Medicine at Johns Hopkins (2015)

Health Care Fails To Recognize Women’s Pain

Preserving and expanding access to Medicaid—and improving women’s access to health care—is a matter of life or death.

Trump Appointees Roll Back Enforcement of Fair Housing

Interviews and internal documents show that signature civil rights protections in housing are being dismissed as ideologically driven and D.E.I. in disguise.

Homan Took $50K From Undercover FBI Agents. On Video.

On Sept. 20, 2024, with hidden cameras recording the scene, Homan accepted $50,000 in bills from undercover FBI agents, according to an internal summary of the case and sources. Trump's FBI and Justice officials closed down the investigation.

The True Threat of OpenAI

Karen Hao’s recent book on the company argues that its ambitions are not merely about scale or the market but the creation of a global force that rivals a colonial power of old.
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Culture

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Riefenstahl Exposes the Nazis’ Favorite Filmmaker

An interview with Andres Veiel Jacobin
Darkly influential, the cinema of Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is a powerful blend of art and propaganda. She’s now the subject of a new documentary that wrestles with the question of the culpability of a talented artist working for a vile regi

food

The FDA May Change What Legally Counts As Orange Juice

Stacey Leasca Food & Wine
In response to the Florida Citrus Processors Association and Florida Citrus Mutual, the FDA is proposing to amend the standard of identity for pasteurized orange juice, in place for 6 decades, "to promote honesty and fair dealing for consumers."

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Cancellation Is Peak Hypocrisy

Branko Marcetic Jacobin
After campaigning on ending censorship and cancel culture, Donald Trump is making the list of things you're not allowed to say in America longer and longer. ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show signals that not even comedians are safe

poetry

Revolution

Lenore Weiss
Poet Lenore Weiss remembers what it was like to have heroes and hope.

food

The Great Parmesan Cheese Enigma

Willa Paskin Slate
According to historian Alberto Grandi, if you want to eat the original Parmigiano like our great-grandparents used to eat, you should go to Milwaukee or Madison.

Labor

labor

The UAW Has a Vision for Green Industrial Policy in California

Paul Prescod Jacobin
A recent report from UAW Region 6 outlines a bold vision for how to expand clean energy industries in California using union labor. It’s an example of how unions can get serious about industrial policy and assert themselves in the “abundance” debate.

labor

How To Defend Members From Politicized Firings

Bill Barry Labor Notes
Today’s firings present a new challenge for union stewards because each case becomes public, playing out on social media and on the national stage. Nonetheless, the same principles hold. Here are some basic steps a steward should take.

Friday nite video

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Jimmy Kimmel: The Final Show?

On his last show before being "indefinitely suspended," Jimmy talks about the NFL, TikTok, the MAGA gang and Charlie Kirk, $200M ballrooms, Fox and Friends and MTG. 

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Colbert's Identical Twin Brings Back 'The Word': Shhhhhh!

Daddy’s home! Stephen appoints Stephen Colbert, former host of “The Colbert Report,” as ombudsman to ensure that the final season of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” remains free from liberal bias.

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Charlie

out in the bloodshed everyone loses / there's unforgettable scars / out in the bloodshed permanent bruises / shapes up who you are

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The Real Problems with America’s Health

MAHA? How unhealthy is the United States? Some key figures show how the US compares to other countries in life expectancy, early deaths and chronic disease.