Unionizing UnitedHealthcare

Benjamin Y. Fong Jacobin
The largest NLRB union election win in February was at the primary care group Optum Care, a subsidiary of UnitedHealthcare. The vertical integration of health care has brought frustrating consequences for health workers, who are now organizing

Why We’re Mobilizing on April 5th

Hands Off!
Whether you're outraged by skyrocketing healthcare costs, job cuts, attacks on privacy, or the gutting of essential services—this moment is for you.

Militarism Is No Answer to Trump

Gavin Rae Transform!Europe
As Europe ramps up military spending in response to Trump’s shifting policies, the continent faces rising militarism, austerity, and the risk of further conflict. Is this the right path, or should Europe seek a new security paradigm?

Leader Schumer Leads Another Capitulation to Trump

Marc Cooper The Coop Scoop
This is a moment of maximum Democratic leverage that they will not have again until the midterms and that is not a lock. It is a tragic, stupid and rather repugnant move.

Now We Know

Jeanette Winterson Mind Over Matter
Now we know, in all their serious nonsense about not being able to afford to battle climate breakdown, afford to save the planet, or afford a basic decent life for ordinary humans - it isn’t expediency at all. It is ideology disguised as expediency.

Friday Nite Videos | March 14, 2025

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Why the US Has Birthright Citizenship. Who Is the Leader of the People | Edwin Starr. Oligarchs Are Our Modern Day Kings. Sen. Jeff Merkley Asks if Trump Is a Russian Asset. Blood Moon, Trump Trade War, MAGA Stock Market.

Why the US Has Birthright Citizenship

The short answer is that birthright citizenship in the US came about as a way of granting citizenship after the American Civil War to the large population of formerly enslaved Black people