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Robert Reich

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley

August 2024

  • Elon Musk rests his hand on his chin as he listens at an event.

    Elon Musk is out of control. Here is how to rein him in

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  • Barack Obama speaking at a dais at the Democratic National Convention

    Democrats are finally done with the ‘high road’ – and hitting Trump where it hurts

    Robert Reich
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally in Bozeman, Mont., Friday, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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    Donald Trump’s ego cannot handle being trounced by Kamala Harris

    Robert Reich
  • An outside view of the New York Stock Exchange building, a beige building with an American flag hanging outside

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    The United States is not facing an imminent recession. This is nonsense

    Robert Reich

July 2024

  • Kamala Harris waves at onlookers from a White House plane.

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    Kamala Harris is the worst nightmare of America’s far right

    Robert Reich
    Trump, JD Vance, and their Maga allies are misogynists who want to control women. Harris could not be more of a threat
  • Side-by-side portraits of Trump and Musk.

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    Elon Musk is spending millions to elect Trump. Let’s boycott his companies

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    Musk is determined to help Trump win. Perhaps it’s no surprise that both men believe democracy can be bought off

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      We need to do all we can to lower the anger pervading American politics

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    • Only one group can actually persuade Biden to exit the race: his rich donors

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    • We should all be terrified of Trump’s Project 2025

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June 2024

  • Biden in a blue suit, speaking at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina.

    Should Democrats stay the course or replace Biden?

    Robert Reich
    After the president’s disastrous debate performance, some want to drop him as the party nominee. But it’s not so simple
  • Side-by-side portraits of Trump and Biden.

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    I’m worried about Biden’s debate with Trump this week

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    Trump has convinced many Americans that stridency is a sign of strength while truth and humility signal weakness

    • Why is Trump cozying up to America’s most powerful business leaders?

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      America’s problem is massive inequality – not ‘woke’ educated elites

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      Why is a group of billionaires working to re-elect Trump?

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May 2024

  • side by side images of two elderly men wearing suit and tie

    Biden’s record on the economy is good but voters don’t feel it. Character, not policy, is key to victory

    Robert Reich
    The economy is doing well – far better than under Trump – but Democrats must ask voters if they want a sociopathic infant with fascist tendencies
  • Man wearing blue suit and yellow tie stands between barriers with one person behind him and a crowd of people behind them

    The Trump hush-money trial reveals a seedy world shot through with moral rot

    Robert Reich
    The former president’s orbit is a sell-or-tell, catch-and-kill society where money and power are the only true values
  • Nighttime view of police in helmets and riot gear on urban street.

    I remember the 1960s crackdowns against war protesters. This is a repeat

    Robert Reich
    The mistakes made at one point in time have an eerie way of re-emerging as memories fade

April 2024

  • tents in front of a grand building, one with a palestinian flag

    Protesting against slaughter – as students in the US are doing – isn’t antisemitism

    Robert Reich
    Education is all about provocation. Without being provoked even young minds can remain stuck in old tracks
  • Donald Trump, an older white man with orangey skin and poofy hair, holds up what appears to be a pile of print-outs, with a picture of himself visible on the top one.

    The death of the Republican party is not a tragedy to be celebrated

    Robert Reich
    Richard Nixon infected the modern Republican party with a sickness that would kill it – Donald Trump has finished the job
  • ‘Senator Elizabeth Warren and others recently unveiled the latest version of their Price Gouging Prevention Act.’

    Companies are using inflation to price-gouge Americans – and making it worse

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    Thanks to near-monopolies in many industries, corporations are seeing record profits as consumers struggle with high prices
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