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Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor and Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley, has a new film, "Inequality for All," to be released September 27. He blogs at www.robertreich.org.
(34 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 12, 2022 The six things Putin and Trump convinced me I was wrong about
They were all about the inevitability of progress.
But the people of Ukraine are teaching all of us lessons we thought we knew
I used to believe several things about the twenty-first century that Putin's invasion of Ukraine and Donald Trump's election in 2016 have shown me are false.
(28 comments) SHARE Monday, February 28, 2022 The Putin-Trump Axis
Putin's neo-fascism has rooted itself in America. What can we do?
The world is currently and frighteningly locked in a battle to the death between democracy and authoritarianism. Yesterday, Vladimir Putin issued a new threat to the West - telling his defense minister and his top military commander to place Russia's nuclear forces on alert.
It is a new cold war.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, February 24, 2022 Eight Sobering Realities about Putin's Invasion
The costs we must face
We must do what we can to contain Vladimir Putin's aggression in Ukraine. But we also need to be clear-eyed about it, and face the costs. As I've said before, economics can't be separated from politics, and neither can be separated from history. Here are eight sobering realities:
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, February 21, 2022 Why Democrats will retain control of the House and Senate next year
And even gain additional seats
Happy Presidents Day. It's a good day to contemplate whether Joe Biden has a prayer of keeping a Democratic House and Senate next year. Call me a hopeless optimist, but I think he does.
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, February 18, 2022 Could you possibly invent a more expensive and less effective healthcare system than what we have in the US?
American spending on healthcare per person is more than twice the average in the world's other thirty-five advanced nations. Yet the United States ranks near the bottom among advanced nations for life span and infant mortality. Americans are sicker, our lives are shorter, and we have more chronic illnesses.
SHARE Wednesday, January 26, 2022 Want To Understand Manchin and Sinema?
The single biggest factor affecting almost all national politicians I've dealt with - Big egos. Manchin's and Sinema's are now among the biggest.
SHARE Friday, November 26, 2021 A Thanksgiving Toast
Diversity will be a huge source of strength as our growing diversity has strengthened us since our founding. Also,our young people are committed to improving the nation and the world.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, November 1, 2021 Whatever happened to the party of limited government?
Republican lawmakers deny people their freedoms. The freedom to be safe from COVID. Freedom over their own bodies. The freedom to learn the truth about our history. The freedom to vote and participate in our democracy.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, October 29, 2021 Why I remain hopeful
Many are feeling isolated - physically, politically, or otherwise. So my hope is that this newsletter becomes a space where we can re-ignite our optimism, gain solace from the views and experiences of others.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 17, 2021 The General Strike of 2021
the Labor Department reported that some 4.3 million people had quit their jobs in August. That comes to about 2.9 percent of the workforce -- up from the previous record set in April, of about 4 million people quitting.
All told, about 4 million American workers have been leaving their jobs every month since last spring.