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Robert ReichSan Francisco Chronicle |
As we slump toward the 2024 election, America faces harrowing existential crises — climate change, the potential loss of our democracy to...
The government measures all sorts of consumer behavior: consumer spending, consumer confidence, consumer sentiment. The business pages are filled with...
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...
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...
Convicted felon Donald J. Trump has attacked the judge and prosecutors, but he will find it far more difficult to
Elon Musk and entrepreneur and investor David Sacks reportedly held a secret billionaire dinner party in Hollywood last month. Its purpose:...
U.S. oligarchs are backing Donald Trump and the neofascists surrounding him in a bid to roll back the clock to the Gilded Age.
The Supreme Court decision announced in Alexander vs. State Conference of the South Carolina NAACP — written by Samuel Alito, and joined by the...
When I left the president’s Cabinet in early 1997 after over four years as secretary of labor, I felt enormous
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...
A word about David Zaslav — CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery (owner of CNN) — who raked in $49.7 million
Tens of thousands of students are graduating from American colleges and universities. Some graduation ceremonies have been cancelled or at
My father, Ed Reich, was haunted by antisemitism his entire life. He grew up in New York City in the
Juan M. Merchan, the judge in Donald J. Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan, has again held Trump in contempt for
My students are graduating at a tremulous time. The largest campus protest movement of the 21st century. The first criminal
I’ve been spending the last several weeks trying to find out what’s really going on with the campus protests. I’ve
Every dollar spent lining the pockets of CEOs and investors is a dollar less to upgrade equipment and protect workers and the public.
Trump this week urged college presidents to be tougher on students protesting the war in Gaza, calling them “raging lunatics.” He continued: “To...
Republicans are attacking Biden for expanding the federal debt, and the House “Freedom Caucus” is livid that Speaker Mike Johnson has agreed to...
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...
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...
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...
Failure to hold accountable a president who instigated a violent insurrection is dangerous to the future stability of American democracy.
In September 1964, university officials at Berkeley banned students from using the campus for political causes. The officials had been under pressure...
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...
Last Friday, Volkswagen employees in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted overwhelmingly to join the United Auto Workers union. This is a truly big deal....
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...
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...
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...
Last Sunday, on ABC’s “This Week,” host George Stephanopoulos asked New Hampshire’s Republican governor Chris Sununu about his recent switch...
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...
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...
Like the Bush tax cuts before it, the Trump tax cut was a trickle-down failure.
Trump’s first criminal trial — the first criminal trial of a former president, ever — is scheduled to begin Monday.
We learned that the Consumer Price Index climbed 3.5 percent in March from a year earlier, up from 3.2 percent
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...
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...
So either Trump’s billionaire backers are being conned or the American people are. Only a fool can't guess which it will be.
For most corporations, the largest single cost is payrolls. Hence the now-accepted formula for raising stock prices: Increase profits by cutting...
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...
I’m deeply troubled that the Biden administration continues to approve the transfer of thousands more bombs to Israel. Not only does this further...
On Friday, Trump posted a video featuring an image of President Biden hog-tied —with hands and feet bound together. Trump has previously posted...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 —...
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...
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...