David Griscom
Writer



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Projects

  1. Left Reckoning
  2. Jacobin Show

Books

  1. “Myth of Red Texas” (2026)


Selected Essays

  1. Sorry, but Colin Allred’s campaign was mediocre (Houston Chronicle, 2026)
  2. Populism Was Born From a Rural-Urban Alliance (Jacobin, 2025)
  3. When Black and White Tenant Farmers Joined Together to Take on the Plantation South (Jacobin, 2023)




The Jacobin Show
A leading voice of the American left

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The Jacobin Show is back, hosted by David Griscom and produced by Matt Lech of Majority Report and Left Reckoning. 

Catch the show each week on Friday at 10 AM ET/9 AM CT for in-depth analysis of the left, working-class politics, and much more.

Jacobin is a leading voice of the American left, offering socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. The print magazine is released quarterly and reaches 75,000 subscribers, in addition to a web audience of over 3,000,000 a month.