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Robert Reich: The Party Of Huge Nothingburgers – OpEd

As we slump toward the 2024 election, America faces harrowing existential crises — climate change, the potential loss of our democracy to...

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Robert Reich: A Tale Of Two Consumers – OpEd

The government measures all sorts of consumer behavior: consumer spending, consumer confidence, consumer sentiment. The business pages are filled with...

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Robert Reich: What Will Trump’s Conviction Really Mean? – OpEd

Anyone who tells you they know what effect Trump’s conviction will have on the 2024 election is lying. America has never been here before.  My...

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Robert Reich: Debunking Myth #1: ‘Economics Is An Objective Science That Has Nothing To Do With Politics Or Morality. Or Power’ – OpEd

Welcome to our 10-part DEBUNK series!  Its goal is to equip you with what you need to know so you’re not misled by the most dangerous myths about...

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Robert Reich: Convicted Felon Trump – OpEd

Convicted felon Donald J. Trump has attacked the judge and prosecutors, but he will find it far more difficult to

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Robert Reich: The Dangerous Anti-Democracy Coalition – OpEd

Elon Musk and entrepreneur and investor David Sacks reportedly held a secret billionaire dinner party in Hollywood last month. Its purpose:...

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Billionaire Capitalists Like Musk and Thiel Want to Kill Democracy

U.S. oligarchs are backing Donald Trump and the neofascists surrounding him in a bid to roll back the clock to the Gilded Age.

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Robert Reich: The Supreme Court’s Republican Partisan Hacks – OpEd

The Supreme Court decision announced in  Alexander vs. State Conference of the South Carolina NAACP  — written by Samuel Alito, and joined by the...

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Robert Reich: When I Got The Political Bends – OpEd

When I left the president’s Cabinet in early 1997 after over four years as secretary of labor, I felt enormous

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Robert Reich: What Do Americans Really Know About Trump And Biden? – OpEd

Not since Theodore Roosevelt ran against William Howard Taft in 1912 have voters been able to weigh the records of two men who have done the job of...

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Robert Reich: How To Make $50 Million A Year While Your Corporation Goes Down The Tubes – OpEd

A word about David Zaslav — CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery (owner of CNN) — who raked in $49.7 million

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Robert Reich: Did Student Protesters Affect Biden’s Decision? – OpEd

Tens of thousands of students are graduating from American colleges and universities. Some graduation ceremonies have been cancelled or at

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Robert Reich: Antisemitism? – OpEd

My father, Ed Reich, was haunted by antisemitism his entire life. He grew up in New York City in the

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Trump Would Sell Anything for Personal Gain—Even Planet Earth

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Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Stand Up To Trump And Bibi – OpEd

Juan M. Merchan, the judge in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan, has again held Trump in contempt for

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Robert Reich: What I’m Telling My Graduating Students – OpEd

My students are graduating at a tremulous time.  The largest campus protest movement of the 21st century. The first criminal

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Robert Reich: What’s Really Motivating The Protests? – OpEd

I’ve been spending the last several weeks trying to find out what’s really going on with the campus protests. I’ve

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Ban Stock Buybacks to Curb Inequality and Save Lives

Every dollar spent lining the pockets of CEOs and investors is a dollar less to upgrade equipment and protect workers and the public.

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Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: Lawless Trump Demands Law And Order On Campuses – OpEd

Trump this week urged college presidents to be tougher on students protesting the war in Gaza, calling them “raging lunatics.” He continued: “To...

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Robert Reich: What To Say To A Republican Who Complains About The Federal Debt – OpEd

Republicans are attacking Biden for expanding the federal debt, and the House “Freedom Caucus” is livid that Speaker Mike Johnson has agreed to...

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Robert Reich: The Most Important Litmus Test Of All – OpEd

If there’s one thing that keeps me up at night, it’s my worry that those of us who are dedicated to democracy and therefore committed to playing...

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The 2024 Litmus Test in a Word: Democracy

The GOP has made 2020 election denialism a litmus test for membership in their party. So we must make rejection of the Big Lie a prerequisite for...

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Common Dreams

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Robert Reich’s The Supreme Court’s Farce And Ruse – OpEd

The oral argument before the Supreme Court about Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution for inciting an insurrection was a farce and a ruse.  A...

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Right-Wing Justices Plays Along With Farcical Ruse on Trump Immunity

Failure to hold accountable a president who instigated a violent insurrection is dangerous to the future stability of American democracy.

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Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: How The Free Speech Movement Was Born – OpEd

In September 1964, university officials at Berkeley banned students from using the campus for political causes. The officials had been under pressure...

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Robert Reich: The Most Important Thing I Teach My Students – OpEd

The most important thing I teach my students is to seek out people who disagree with them.  That’s because the essence of learning is testing...

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Robert Reich: The Stunning Rebirth Of The American Labor Movement – OpEd

Last Friday, Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union.  This is a truly big deal....

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Robert Reich: How To Talk About Israel And Gaza On A College Campus (Or Anywhere Else) – OpEd

A few months ago I met with a group of students to talk about what’s happening in Israel and Gaza. Some were Jewish, some were Palestinian. I’m...

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Robert Reich: A Small Thing You Can Do To Help Stop Trump – OpEd

A large contingent of the Kennedy family was on hand last week to endorse Joe Biden in an event in Philadelphia that featured speeches from Kerry...

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Robert Reich: The Trump Voter Fraud Paradox – OpEd

After making more than three years of unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from him, Trump is now warning of an even bigger...

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Robert Reich: The Party’s Over – OpEd

Last Sunday, on ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked New Hampshire’s Republican governor Chris Sununu about his recent switch...

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Robert Reich: The Big Picture And Trump’s Ongoing Attempted Coup – OpEd

The criminal case known as the People of the State of New York vs. Donald J. Trump went to trial Monday. Hundreds of citizens were summoned to...

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Robert Reich: Happy Tax Day, And Coming Fight Over Extending Trump’s Tax Cut – OpEd

Happy Tax Day. As Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said, “Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society.” But who should pay the...

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All I Want for Tax Day Is a Reversal of Trump’s Regressive Tax Cuts

Like the Bush tax cuts before it, the Trump tax cut was a trickle-down failure.

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Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: How To Understand Next Week’s Trump Criminal Felony Trial – OpEd

Trump’s first criminal trial — the first criminal trial of a former president, ever — is scheduled to begin Monday.

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Robert Reich: Why Are We Still Suffering Inflation? Monopoly Power! – OpEd

We learned that the Consumer Price Index climbed 3.5 percent in March from a year earlier, up from 3.2 percent

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Robert Reich: More Evidence That RFK Junior Is Working For Trump – OpEd

No one should doubt that Trump and Trump donors are behind RFK Junior’s campaign — with the goal of siphoning off enough votes from Biden to...

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Robert Reich: When Will Americans Start Crediting Biden With A Great Economy? – OpEd

On Friday, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Standards issued its monthly report on jobs — and it was a doozy. Jobs and real wages (wages...

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Donald Trump's Big Con: On the Man Who Stared Into a Solar Eclipse

So either Trump’s billionaire backers are being conned or the American people are. Only a fool can't guess which it will be.

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Common Dreams

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Robert Reich: The Man Who Sacrificed Workers To Shareholders – OpEd

For most corporations, the largest single cost is payrolls. Hence the now-accepted formula for raising stock prices: Increase profits by cutting...

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Robert Reich: Chips, Tech, and Steel – OpEd

Tokyo-based Nippon Steel Corporation’s new CEO says he’s pressing on with its $14.1 billion acquisition of United States Steel Corporation.  But...

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Robert Reich: Bombs Away? – OpEd

I’m deeply troubled that the Biden administration continues to approve the transfer of thousands more bombs to Israel.  Not only does this further...

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Robert Reich: Trump’s 5-Step Fascist Plan – OpEd

On Friday, Trump posted a video featuring an image of President Biden hog-tied —with hands and feet bound together. Trump has previously posted...

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Robert Reich: The End Of The Necktie? – OpEd

I’ve always hated neckties. My objection isn’t aesthetic. It’s discomfort. I have almost no neck. I have a large head that sits on a very short...

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Robert Reich: Record Corporate Profits From Your Thinning Wallets – OpEd

The latest economic data shows two big things:  (1) Corporate profits reached a record high in the fourth quarter of last year.  (2) Inflation is...

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Robert Reich: When Roger Ailes And I Didn’t Make A Deal – OpEd

Roger Ailes did more to degrade the tone of public life in America than anyone since Joseph McCarthy.  In 1998, Ailes asked me to drop by his office...

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Robert Reich: The Trump Integrity Trap – OpEd

If you’re seeking employment at the Republican National Committee, you’re likely to be asked in your job interview if you believe that the 2020...

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Robert Reich: How To Deal With The Trump Threat – OpEd

The 2024 general election is now underway.  Like most of you, I’ve found myself immersed in many conversations about the threat to our nation —...

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Robert Reich: How Biden Can Stop Netanyahu – OpEd

The United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza. The resolution passed with 14 votes in favor; the...

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Robert Reich: Congress’s New Low – OpEd

Gallup has been asking the public the same question for 50 years, since April 1974: “Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling...

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