Everybody Hates Cornel West
How Cornel West went from liberal media darling to pariah.
42 Article(s) by: Connor Kilpatrick
Connor Kilpatrick is the story editor at Jacobin.
This Didn’t Have to Happen
Many white workers aren’t voting for Democrats this November. And we can’t just blame racism.
Why Did White Workers Leave the Democratic Party?
A historian debunks liberal myths about racism, the New Deal, and why the Democrats moved right.
Burying White Workers
Liberal condescension towards white workers is code for a broader anti-working class agenda
The Socialism of Bernie Sanders
Jacobin contributors on Bernie Sanders’ democratic socialism speech and what his candidacy means for the Left.
Why the Right Loves Privilege Politics
The Right deploys privilege politics to avoid class politics, obscuring where the real power lies in our society.
Let Them Eat Privilege
Focusing on privilege diverts attention away from the real villains.
It’s Not Just the Drug War
Progressive narratives about what’s driving mass incarceration don’t quite add up.
Alexander Cockburn: The Last Polemicist
Cockburn’s hatred was most certainly pure. But it was a joyful hate that he nurtured. An inspiring hate.
I Love Man of Steel and I’m Not Sorry
In Man of Steel, Superman returns to his Popular Front roots.
A Jacobin Primer
Read the CliffsNotes, impress your fancy friends.
Recovering Lincoln
Whatever Spielberg says — there’s no comparing an empty-suit like Obama to a radical like Lincoln.
