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For many on the left, getting rid of Trump is insufficient. Victory must be accompanied by fundamental political change

In 2001, at the Federal Prison in Terre Haute, I witnessed the execution of Juan Raul Garza. What, I wondered then, does the death penalty accomplish?

Devastation from Hurricane Dorian provokes calls for reporters to acknowledge the climate emergency's connection to extreme weather

In fact, two studies show wages have not risen at all since 2007.

A coalition of unions representing more than 80,000 workers has authorized a walkout that would begin in October—and used Labor Day to pressure management.

Followers and chroniclers of jazz have long known Detroit as the home and source of a host of the music's finest practitioners. This new book documents much of that history, bringing the story up to today.

Three Reports From UK * La Via Campesina on the Amazon Fire * Solidarity with Kurds in Turkey * German Unions and Climate Action * West Bengal Postmortem * Opposing Xenophobia in South Africa * Immanuel Wallerstein 1930-2019

Persistently large wealth inequality leaves many African-Americans--as well as Latinos and some parts of the Asian-American communities--in a very precarious economic situation and poorly prepared for retirement.

Democratic socialist and Pennsylvania State House candidate Kristin Seale talks to Jacobin about Medicare for All, the state of class consciousness in America, and the Democrats’ failure to challenge right-wing talking points.

Powell’s proposal — a corporate takeover of US politics to carve off a bigger piece of the pie — was just the remedy for their ongoing crisis of profitability. Corporate America was all in.