Jacobin

 From JacobinYoung people are becoming infected with the coronavirus at an alarming rate, but the disease it causes … [Read more...] about The US’s Neglect of the Elderly Has Turned Murderous

 From JacobinCan Liberalism and Socialism be Reconciled? From the outset of “Socialism and Liberalism,” Howe acknowledges a problem: liberalism is a notoriously slippery concept. After running through several definitions — a “current of opinion” in bourgeois society, a “system of ideas” stressing … [Read more...] about What Liberalism Gets Right — And Wrong

 From JacobinI should probably recuse myself from reviewing Sofia Coppola films. Years ago, I worked as a receptionist for six months at her father Francis Ford Coppola’s Zoetrope Studios. There, I occasionally watched the teenage Ms Coppola and her twenty-something … [Read more...] about Sofia Coppola Wants You to Feel Bad for the Very Rich and the Very Sad

 From JacobinAnother Grim Winter The inaction calls to mind the federal government’s failure to rise to the occasion during the early years of the Great Depression. At the time, there was a delusional but stubborn belief that the crisis, attributable to mysterious and chimerical but ultimately … [Read more...] about The Senate Is Leaving Americans to Fend for Themselves This Winter

 From JacobinWith Joe Biden now weeks into the transition for his presidency, it’s time to play a game. That game is called, “What Would People Say If This Was a Trump Pick?” For instance, what would people say if Donald Trump’s pick to head the Office of Management and … [Read more...] about It’s Joe Biden’s Swamp Now