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How Penn Graduate Workers Got Their Union Contract

Emily Aunins, Sam Schirvar, Guru Shabadi Jacobin
As workers at the University of Pennsylvania pursued a first contract, Trump’s second presidency rendered the administration cowed, the labor board unreliable, and international workers afraid. The antidote: high-participation, worker-led organizing.

The Supreme Court Doesn’t Own the Constitution

Jamelle Bouie The New York Times
In past eras of American politics, the people, through their representatives in Congress, have shaped and settled constitutional meaning, rebuking the court when it overstepped its role as a legitimate actor.

The Threat of Big Insurance

David Dayen The American Prospect
The industry is hugely lucrative, with endless sums of cash to influence lawmakers. A new report tracks 25 years of health insurance industry donations.

How Raoul Peck Became a Cinematic Griot

Lovia Gyarkye Hammer & Hope
The Haitian filmmaker has spent 40 years using the archives to combat historical erasure and to highlight the people’s version of the past.

Everyone Loves the Knicks. Everyone Hates James Dolan.

Abdul Malik Jacobin
The awful billionaire James Dolan’s stranglehold on one of sports’ greatest franchises is holding the New York Knicks back. The solution? Yes, that’s right: public ownership of the Knicks.