Robert Reich Posts

Poverty is a policy choice.

As the former president continues to stoke his base with his big lie that the election was stolen, Republican lawmakers are adding fuel to the fire, pushing more Americans into Trump’s paranoid nightmare.

"I’m as sensitive as anyone to the sufferings of Afghani’s now, but I’ve had it with the sanctimony of journalists and pundits who haven’t thought about Afghanistan for 20 years."

The Trumpist media is quickly falling in line behind nativist rubbish about immigrants spreading COVID-19.

House Republicans are blaming Democrats for the rise in Chipotle burrito prices. Yes, you read that correctly.

Let me remind you: Donald Trump lied about the results of the last election. And then – you remember, don’t you? – he tried to overturn the results.

How do we prevent America from becoming an aristocracy, while also funding the programs that Americans desperately need?

Why look back to the trauma of the 2020 election? Because we cannot put it behind us.

Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos want to colonize outer space to save humanity, but they couldn’t care less about protecting the rights of workers here on earth.

It’s called industrial policy, and it’s at the heart of Joe Biden’s plans to restructure the U.S. economy.

Trump exploited our divisions to gain and try to keep power. He didn’t just pour salt into our wounds. He planted grenades in them. And now he and his enablers appear willing to pull the pins.

Barring a miracle, Amy Coney Barrett will be confirmed on Monday as the ninth justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. This is a travesty of democracy.Here's How to Track Your Mail-in Ballot in Each State

Make this a blowout victory for Joe Biden and Democrats down the ballot, and stop Trump from stealing this election.

Republicans know if they let the people decide who should appoint the next Supreme Court justice, their last chance to implement minority rule could be lost.

No one speaking at the Republican convention mentioned Trump’s abandonment of the Paris Agreement, his rollback of environmental regulations, or his boundless generosity to the fossil fuel industry.

Donald Trump said that June’s jobs report, which showed an uptick, proves the economy is “roaring back.” Rubbish.

In the highest reaches of corporate America, there's been an outpouring of solidarity with those protesting brutal police killings of black Americans and systemic racism. But most of this is for show.

You’d be forgiven if you hadn’t noticed. His verbal bombshells are louder than ever, but Donald J. Trump is no longer president of the United States.

So what is Trump’s reelection strategy? Reopen the economy, despite America's growing coronavirus death toll

The utter chaos in America’s response to the pandemic is tailor-made for Donald Trump, who has spent a lifetime exploiting chaos for personal gain and blaming others for losses.