Robert Reich

Democracy depends on a free press, which is why tyrants try to squelch it.

Why are Kansas and Texas doing so badly, and California so well?

The good dissenters’ guide to how to counter the Trump administration from day one.

The party reflects the goals of the moneyed interests. This must change.

Trump was helped by opportunists in the GOP, the press and the Democratic Party.

Will Americans choose to make capitalism work for the many rather than the few?

Republican and Wall Street leaders have set off a vicious cycle of public distrust.

Twelve races are in play. Win five and Democrats are in control.

The forces that gave rise to Trump and Sanders will grow unless our economy is rebalanced.

Even if she is the “lesser of two evils,” the greater evil in this case is seriously evil.

Hillary Clinton appoints Barack Obama to the Supreme Court, Bernie Sanders as treasury secretary...

Rich people buy off politicians to alter tax, bankruptcy and other laws.

Our elected representatives are doing nothing to prevent wrongdoing by CEOs.

“Trump got about $850 million in tax subsidies in New York alone,” I told the GOP nominee’s supporter.

Even if Clinton is the “lesser of two evils,” the greater of two evils in this case is seriously evil.

Corporations that desert America should no longer be entitled to the advantages of being American.

Over 2 trillion dollars of U.S. corporate profits are parked abroad—all of it escaping corporate income tax.

Now that Wall Street is no longer restrained by the federal bailout, it’s issuing stock options with a vengeance.

Those whose pay has declined because of trade don’t make up for that loss through access to cheaper goods from abroad.

Even those at the top would do better in a society that hadn’t become so susceptible to demagogues blaming immigrants and imports.

Even a landslide for Clinton in November will bring about little change.

Donald Trump is considering his own media network and has hired Fox’s Roger Ailes to run it.

The problem isn’t Obamacare. It’s the private markets for health insurance that create powerful incentives to avoid sick people.

Robert Reich asks, Where can Hillary look for the countervailing power she’ll need to get the progressive changes she says she wants?

The U.K. has had a tax on stock trades for decades, yet it remains one of the world’s financial powerhouses.

We have a candidate screaming about threats to American sovereignty while urging foreign governments to compromise American sovereignty.

The Democratic National Committee has become a giant machine to suck up big money from lobbyists, bundlers and corporate and Wall Street PACs.

Donald Trump isn’t just an aberration and Bernie Sanders wasn’t just a flash in the pan.

The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a system rigged by big corporations, Wall Street and the super-wealthy.

You are, of course, entitled to support anyone you wish. But if you don’t get behind Clinton, you increase the odds that Donald Trump will be president.