Robert Reich

Reclaiming democracy requires ending big money in politics, stopping corporate welfare, busting up monopolies and stopping voter suppression. It is the bedrock for everything else America must do.

The stakes in 2020 are greater than in any election in living memory. Now is not the time for the kind of free-for-all we saw at the Democratic debates.

Instead of trying to get China to change, we must lessen the dominance of big American corporations over policy.

Not since Warren G. Harding's sordid administration have as many grifters, crooks and cronies occupied high positions in Washington.

Elizabeth Warren's new "Plan for Economic Patriotism" is a stunningly ambitious revival of American industrial policy.

The jobs problem today isn't just stagnant wages. It's also uncertain incomes.

With a majority of Americans still not supporting impeachment, it's up to the courts to defend America's governing processes and institutions from President Donald Trump.

Personal economy drives votes, not national statistics. And most Americans think their personal economy is lousy.

Trump is openly defiling the very basic principles of our Constitution. Whatever it means for 2020, he must be brought to account.

If we really want to make America great again, social responsibility is the place to begin.

The blanket refusal to honor subpoenas is the most dictatorial move Trump he has initiated since becoming president.

"How many of Trump's followers or those who might otherwise be tempted to vote for him in 2020 will recoil from this moral squalor?"

Mitch McConnell is no leader. He is the epitome of unprincipled power.

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warnd shareholders produces "stagnation, corruption and often worse." He should know - his company benefited from it.

The recent scandals around Boeing, Facebook, Phillip Morris, Wells Fargo and Monsanto all tell the same tale.

"A president's most fundamental responsibility is to uphold and protect our system of government. Trump has weakened that system."

In the age of Trump, everything is for sale. 

Monopolies aren't good for anyone except for the monopolists.

Trump, like many presidents before him, doesn't realize he's already been fired by the American people.

Earned Income Tax Credit, or EITC, has been around for decades—but it can be the basis of a revolutionary change across America.

Like many other billionaires of America's New Gilded Age, Schultz doesn't seem to give a damn about what his political escapades do to America.

Everyone else is treated to harsh capitalism.

"Divide and conquer" is one of the oldest strategies in the demagogic playbook.

From air traffic controllers to teachers, public workers with the informal power not to work are becoming a new force in American politics.

800,000 federal employees were pawns in Trump's game of brinksmanship. But as 2020 looms large, more and more candidates are talking about giving greater power to the workers.

Right now some 800,000 government employees aren't collecting paychecks. Nor are hundreds of thousands of government contractors being paid. None of them can buy as much as before.

Trump is treating the government of the United States as a bargaining chip. He is asserting power by any means possible. This is the method of a dictator. 

The wealthiest Americans used to pay for the government through taxes. Now they pay for the government by lending it money, with interest, and profit from the rest of us. This has to stop.

The Demorcats will make life harder for Trump, but they will do little to change the imbalance of wealth and power in this country—unless they are pushed to do so.

"Our institutions remain strong, but I'm not sure they can endure two more years of this."