Insurance Companies Are Abandoning Homeowners Facing Climate Disasters
Insurance companies are leaving homeowners at the mercy of climate catastrophes they helped create.
15 Articles by: Sam Mellins
Sam Mellins is a journalist and writer living in New York City.
Big Oil Has a Friend in California’s State Insurance Commissioner
California insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara could be playing a key role in fighting climate change in the state. Instead, he has taken campaign money and gifts from fossil fuel interests — and done “almost nothing” to address climate catastrophe.
Insurance Companies Are Profiting Big Off of Climate Change
Insurance companies not only offer coverage to fossil fuel projects, but also use millions of people’s premiums to invest in the fossil fuel industry’s expansion. We can’t stop climate change without reeling the insurers in.
Private Equity Firms Want to Gobble Up California’s Pensions
Wall Street private equity firms are gaining control of retirement systems like California’s public pensions and fast-tracking the corporatization of the public sector.
Joe Biden Should Share US Vaccine Data With the Rest of the World
A new report suggests the United States may have unfettered rights to the information countries desperately need to scale up COVID-19 vaccine production, save lives, and end the pandemic. Joe Biden needs to share that information around the globe.
Joe Biden’s Labor Board Picks Have Been Surprisingly Encouraging
Biden’s political history is anything but pro-labor. But his moves thus far to strengthen workers’ rights through the National Labor Relations Board have actually been very promising.
Across the State of New York, Left Elected Officials Are Winning
The leftist electoral wins at the local, state, and federal level in New York City have been much discussed. But the Left is also notching victories in western New York, challenging the moderate Democrats often at the helm in the region.
Joe Biden’s Drilling Moratorium Is Not a Moratorium
During his first week in office, Joe Biden signed an executive order pausing oil and gas leases on federal land. But a few months later, it’s clear the modest action will do little to rein in US carbon emissions.
President Biden Should Use Executive Action to Stop Amazon-Style Union-Busting
Unions desperately need labor law reform through the PRO Act. But even if that bill remains off the table in the near future, Joe Biden can take immediate action through executive orders to roll back corporate union-busting like Amazon carried out in Bessemer, Alabama.
Socialists and Organized Labor Are Uniting to Change Pro-Boss Labor Laws
To fight for historic worker rights legislation, the PRO Act, major unions and the Democratic Socialists of America are joining forces like never before.
Socialist Elected Officials Are Changing the Way New York State Politics Are Done
Emily Gallagher is New York’s state assembly member for the fiftieth district and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. In an interview with Jacobin, Gallagher discusses how socialists led the way on calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s removal from office, the current state budget fights, and how DSA electeds are crafting a new, leftist approach to governance.
Chicago Socialists Led the Way in Expanding Undocumented Immigrant Protections
The City of Chicago has now fully banned the police department from collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to deport undocumented immigrants. That’s because two socialist city council members, Carlos Ramirez-Rosa and Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez, pushed for years to end that collaboration.
A Democratic Socialist Will Soon Be Sworn in as Judge in Las Vegas
Public defender and racial justice organizer Erika Ballou won a Las Vegas judgeship with the backing of the Democratic Socialists of America. Next month, she’ll take the bench with the aim of upending the criminal justice status quo.
Janos Marton: The Criminal Justice System in New York City Is “Rotten”
Janos Marton says that the Manhattan district attorney’s office is “extremely punitive when prosecuting low-income communities of color and pretty weak when prosecuting the rich and powerful.” He says, in an interview with Jacobin, that he is running for DA to change that, aiming to reduce the number of people in jail, stop drug prosecutions, and go after bad bosses who steal workers’ wages.
Inside the NYC Democratic Socialists’ Powerhouse Electoral Machine
The New York City Democratic Socialists of America has built an electoral powerhouse with no paid staff and just a few years of political experience. Here’s how they pulled it off.