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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.
SHARE Monday, January 25, 2021 CEO's Newfound Concern for Democracy is Bunk
The sudden lurch from Trump to Biden is generating vertigo all over Washington, including the so-called fourth branch of government -- CEOs and their army of lobbyists.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 19, 2021 10 Bold Moves Biden Can Make Without Congress
Biden's first task is to undo Trump's litany of cruel and disastrous executive orders. He has already announced -- he'll rejoin the Paris Climate Accord, re-enter the World Health Organization, and repeal Trump's discriminatory Muslim travel ban.
(8 comments) SHARE Monday, January 18, 2021 Why Biden Can't Govern from the Center
Fully 95% of House Republicans voted against impeaching Trump for inciting insurrection, even after his attempted coup threatened their very lives.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, January 11, 2021 Accountability for the Attempted Coup
Last week' rampage left five dead, including a Capitol Hill police officer who was injured when he tangled with the pro-Trump mob. We're fortunate the carnage wasn't greater.
SHARE Thursday, January 7, 2021 Defeating McConnell: The Real Stakes of the Georgia Runoffs
Mitch McConnell is the most duplicitous, morally bankrupt politician in America. (Well, maybe Trump beats him, but not for long.) He has wielded the GOP to inflict massive damage on our democracy.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, January 3, 2021 Sedition
Eleven Republican senators and senators-elect said today they will vote to reject President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s victory next Wednesday when Congress meets to formally certify it.
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, January 1, 2021 Good Riddance to a Terrible Year
About the only good thing that can be said about 2020 is that it's over. It was an annus horribilis.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 27, 2020 Trump's Vilest Legacy
Most of the 74,222,957 Americans who voted to reelect Donald Trump -- 46.8 percent of the votes cast in the 2020 presidential election -- don't hold Trump accountable for what he's done to America.
Their acceptance of Trump's behavior will be his vilest legacy.
(3 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 24, 2020 How the Richest 1 Percent Came Out Big Winners in the Covid Relief Bill
Republicans didn't blink twice when they handed out $6.3 billion in tax breaks to their wealthy corporate backers, but when it came to getting direct relief to struggling Americans, $600 was the best they could do.
SHARE Monday, December 21, 2020 Trickle-Down Economics Doesn't Work but Build-Up Does -- Is Biden Listening?
Politicians rarely want to raise taxes on the rich. Joe Biden promised to do so but a closely divided Congress is already balking. We would be well-served by changing the economic paradigm from trickle down to build up.
(8 comments) SHARE Friday, December 18, 2020 Joe Biden's Biggest Challenge
A return to "normal" would be disastrous. We can't give in to the allure of "normal" -- because normal is what got us here. Normal led to Trump.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, December 2, 2020 Trump's Final Days: Who Stood Up to Him?
Tragically, most Senate and House Republicans are failing the test by refusing to stand up to Trump. Their cowardice is a devastating betrayal of public trust, and will have lasting consequences.
(2 comments) SHARE Sunday, November 29, 2020 Beware going "back to normal" thoughts -- normal gave us Trump
In an exhausted and divided America that desperately wants a return to normal, where will Biden find the energy and political will for bold changes that are imperative?
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, November 26, 2020 How Mitch McConnell's Do Nothing Republicans are Killing You
The Senate adjourned and left town without even trying to pass a COVID disaster relief bill. By the time they return on November 30, based on current trends, an additional estimated 16,000 Americans will have died from COVID-19.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 25, 2020 The Real Reason Trump Won't Concede
Joe Biden has decisively won the presidency. There is no way for Trump to overturn the results of the election, and his campaign's post-election lawsuits have gotten dismissed left and right.
SHARE Tuesday, November 24, 2020 Profiles in Cowardice
America is being subject to a stress test to see if it has enough strength to withstand Trump's treacherous campaign to discredit the 2020 presidential election.
SHARE Thursday, November 19, 2020 Georgia Runoffs: How You Can Help Flip the Senate
The battle for the Senate is far from over. 's Senate races are going into runoffs, as no candidate in either race received more than 50 percent of the vote.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 17, 2020 Who Wins from Trump's Final Travesty?
Leave it to Trump and his Republican allies to spend more energy fighting non-existent voter fraud than containing a virus that has killed 244,000 Americans and counting. The cost of this misplaced attention is incalculable. While COVID-19 surges to record levels, there's still no national strategy for equipment, stay at home orders, mask mandates or disaster relief.