Convention on the Rights of the Child
Ratified November 20, 1989
295 Articles by: Editors
Don’t Leave the Kids Alone
Higher social spending leads to better lives for children. The United States has a long way to go.
God Bless the Child
The correlation between climbing homicide rates and child migration is too obvious to deny.
Defunding the Future
About one fifth of American children live in poverty. Their government’s negligence is to blame.
A Poor Man’s Fight
As the Vietnam War dragged on, soldiers took matters into their own hands.
Bomb Anything That Moves
More than triple the bombs dropped in World War II devastated Southeast Asia.
Better Red Than Dead
Despite poverty and blockade, Cuba has triumphed where the US has failed in health care.
The Will to Mend
What if the United States had an internationalist medical program like Cuba?
A Century of Neglect
One hundred years of dysfunctional health care policy in the richest country on earth.
The Long Brazilian Crisis
Latin America’s largest economy is in disarray; its historic Workers Party faces destruction; and its radical left searches for a response.
The ABCs of Socialism
Don’t study collective action alone.
The 2017 Jacobin Mixtape
Don’t cry in your champagne. Here’s the best of Jacobin from a remarkable year.
Matching Donations Until the New Year
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