Every Child Needs the Good Enough State
The richness of childhood needs to be embraced as a social good.
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Issue No. 30 | Summer 2018
Childhood
Japan’s “Womenomics”
Shinzo Abe pledged to create a Japan in which “all women can shine.” But behind the glitter is a program that has little to offer working-class women.
Rational Actors
In the United States, women face the prospect of becoming mothers without necessary social protections. Many decide it’s not worth the risk.
It’s Okay to Have Children
Instead of challenging the pressures that capitalism puts on child-rearing, liberals surrender to it.
Defunding the Future
About one fifth of American children live in poverty. Their government’s negligence is to blame.
God Bless the Child
The correlation between climbing homicide rates and child migration is too obvious to deny.
The World’s Toughest Job
“The perfect mother” is a cudgel to cut down the flesh-and-blood variety.
We Read a Bunch of Parenting Books
Now let us raise your children.
How Children Are Made
A Jacobin glossary.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Ratified November 20, 1989
Klass and Kids’ Films
Disney-Pixar vs. Laika
The Beyoncé Treatment
No mother should be forced to give birth in conditions Beyoncé wouldn’t accept for herself.
The Spoils of War
Participation trophies are actually good — give one to every child.
Girls to the Rescue
Workers need independent and strong unions, not corporate-sponsored NGOs, to fight their bosses and support their families.
The Criminalization of Youth
If we want to offer children a better future, we need to get the criminal justice system out of their lives.
Class Clowns
Meet the Silicon Valley “disruptors” who want to teach your kids.
The Newsies Were Real
Picket lines once made the best playgrounds around.
Jacobin Is for the Children
Help keep Jacobin alive for generations to come.
Don’t Leave the Kids Alone
Higher social spending leads to better lives for children. The United States has a long way to go.