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Nina Turner: For-Profit Health Care Is Immoral

Nina Turner reflects on the outpouring of anger at our for-profit health system in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing — and her concern that without radical change to our political system, political violence will continue to escalate.

Health Insurers’ Profits Are Reaching New Heights

The top five health insurers have raked in over $371 billion in profits since ACA passed. Over 40% of that went to the parent company of CEO Brian Thompson’s UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth Group — which denies nearly one in three claims from its policyholders.

Confronting Capitalism: Workers Without a Party

In the latest episode of the Jacobin Radio podcast Confronting Capitalism, Vivek Chibber discusses Donald Trump’s recent victory, why the Democrats gave up their working-class base, and how the Left can respond to class dealignment.

The Quiet Decline of Belgian Social Democracy

Strong unions, a labyrinthine state, and political deadlock prevented Belgian neoliberals from implementing reforms in the 1970s. But as the economy spun into crisis, the Catholic Party convinced its labor union to accept austerity and wage cuts.

Climate Apartheid

When the wealthy are able to insulate themselves from the worst effects of climate breakdown, the poor are forced to bear the costs of a crisis they did not cause.

A Rare Look Into Malcolm X’s Prison Years

Thoroughly researched and crisply written, Patrick Parr’s new partial biography of Malcolm X provides the most complete examination yet of Malcolm’s prison years. His evolution behind bars dramatically altered his life and shaped the course of black politics.

Blame Health Insurers for Exorbitant Health Care Costs

Since the shooting of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, a number of pundits have claimed that the main cause of exorbitant US health care costs is overcharging by providers, not health insurance companies. The argument doesn’t hold up: insurers are mostly to blame.