Talkin’ For-Profit Medicine Blues
A century of hard living and hospital bills in American song.
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Issue No. 28 | Winter 2018
The Health of Nations
Is It Okay to Watch Football?
That’s an individual choice. But imposing boycotts from the outside isn’t how politics works.
How to Kill a Bill
Inside the secret war of America’s most effective assassins: Harry and Louise.
Rich People Kill Themselves
Today, the rich have access to the finest medical treatments backed up by the most rigorous science. Some of them decide to take mushroom elixirs instead.
A Counterrevolution in Progress
Piece by piece, conservatives have dismantled US abortion rights.
George Bailey’s Shrinkage
It’s a Wonderful Life of lowered expectations.
Model Consumers
Obamacare tried to fix the health system one consumer choice at a time. No wonder it failed.
Do We Need Pfizer?
A plan to take on Big Pharma — and create and distribute lifesaving drugs.
How Single Payer Could Fail
We can’t stop halfway on the road to single payer.
The Private Option
A growing industry has a simple message to the victims of the US medical system — heal thyself.
Summoning the Future
The story of the British National Health Service, one of the twentieth century’s great working-class achievements.
Our Annual Physical
Everything’s fine but our wallet.
The Unions and the Movement
Through organizing around Medicare for All, unions can not only save millions of Americans, they can save themselves.
Obamacare and the End of Culture
Enjoy the soothing sounds of our national id.
A History of Violence
What mainstream accounts of Venezuela’s “peaceful” opposition leave out.
A New Day in Philadelphia
A left-wing civil rights lawyer is within reach of becoming Philadelphia’s district attorney. Can he use the office to roll back mass incarceration?
A Brief History of American Health Reform
In order to win universal health care, we have to understand what — and who — we’re up against.
A Bullshit Deal
We don’t want a “Better Deal.” We want socialism.
A Foundation, Not a Net
A good welfare state is more than just a safety net. It’s a foundation on top of which people can build their lives.
A Permanent Infrastructure
The demand for Medicare for All should become a litmus test for elected officials.
A Union of One
The Freelancers Union treats workers like consumers of the services they provide. It doesn’t deserve to be called a union.