The Obama administration’s violent intervention in Libya was particularly disastrous. In a disturbingly ironic twist, the actions of America’s first black president contributed to the return of slavery in the previously stable African nation. In all, the former president’s legacy — his crowning achievement — was passing a Heritage Foundation-inspired healthcare plan that left the for-profit healthcare system completely intact, failing to even provide a public option. More than a decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, tens of thousands of Americans still die every year due to lack of access to healthcare. On Inauguration Day, 2017, the editors of Jacobin magazine began their analysis of Obama’s tenure w…