Overcoming Trump’s U.S. Health Care Wrecking Ball
It is critical to understand these cuts in the broader context of the already highly dysfunctional U.S. health care system.
Left Hook Economics contributors focus on critical analysis of the Trump administration’s economic policies, explaining threats to our economic future, and advancing alternative policy approaches in terms that are accessible to all.
It is critical to understand these cuts in the broader context of the already highly dysfunctional U.S. health care system.
The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.
Let’s look at exactly what happened on Monday morning and what makes it is so suspicious.
It seems like a good time to compare the running tally of war dollars with the cost of relentless attacks on public care provision in the United States.
Instead of using the Supreme Court’s decision as an opportunity to liberate himself from his biggest policy blunder, Trump has doubled down on tariffs.
Not only is failure not an option, those fighting to avert cataclysmic climate change have achieved important successes worthy of celebrating.
Inequality is getting so bad even conservatives have started to acknowledge it. But that doesn't mean they'll do anything serious to make it better.
Political choices, not economic forces alone, have shaped the future prospects of the Social Security system.
The fundamental needs of U.S. capitalism have played a major role in motivating the U.S. government’s imperial actions.
Cuts in government spending and deportation threats against the workforce have sent costs soaring in daycare, eldercare, and long-term medical care.
Progressives all over the world are demanding that there be “no war for oil.” We must also call for the dismantlement of the world’s fossil fuel-dominant global energy infrastructure.