Sitemap - 2021 - Robert Reich

2022

Want to know what to do about Trump? You might start with "It's a Wonderful Life"

What is the real meaning of January 6?

How I've shared the holidays with my family thousands of miles away

How to overcome the tyranny of stuff

My year in cartoons

How to stay hopeful in a time of despair

You want to know a really dirty secret? Here's why Democrats are protecting private equity's "carried interest" loophole

Office Hours: What grade would you give Biden on his first year as president?

Help! What will Omicron do to my holiday plans?

When Congress returns: Its first priority must be to save American democracy from the big lie, big anger, and big money (plus an end-note on Joe Manchin)

This week's caption contest

How the Grinch Stole the Post Office

Why I love teaching (but hate teaching remotely)

Psst: You want to know the truth about inflation? Part I (It's not what the Fed thinks it is.)

Office Hours: Who would you select as person of the year (other than Elon Musk)?

Why I don't trust the mainstream media

The Week Ahead: Biden's last stand

This week's caption contest

How to talk to people who are 50 years younger

One small step for Starbucks workers, one giant leap for workers across America

The crypto-congressional complex

Office Hours: What will American democracy look like in 2031?

The heart of a community: a small business

The Week Ahead: A test for the American system

This week's caption contest

The most important choice ahead

The biggest change during my 50 years in and around American politics

Office Hours: Why is America obsessing about how much "Build Back Better" will cost, and not howling about the humongous military budget?

The Week Ahead: Why has America rescued our elderly from poverty but not our children?

This week's caption contest

Personal History: My lunch with Alan Greenspan

A Thanksgiving Toast

Office Hours: Personal gratitude

The Week Ahead: The big split

This week's caption contest

Leaving Labor 25 years ago

The mammoth costs of doing nothing or too little

Office Hours: How can things be going so well, and Biden and the Dems be doing so badly?

Personal history: The origin of America's deficit obsession

The Week Ahead: Who is responsible for political violence?

This week's caption contest: Manchin

Why America trails every other wealthy nation in vaccinations

Why American politics remains haunted by the former guy

Office Hours: Is the economy in trouble?

Elon Musk's extraordinary twitter poll

The Week Ahead: The fate of Bidenomics

This week's caption contest: Mitch

Personal history: My White House vetting

What Democrats must now do

The BS you're now hearing about how the Democrats can woo back the working class

A note to Joe Manchin

Office hours: What if anything can be learned from yesterday's elections?

Personal history: Why CEO pay exploded

The Week Ahead: Power politics in Glasgow, Virginia, and Washington

This week's caption contest

Whatever happened to the party of limited government?

Resilience

Seaside Hotel

Office hours: Elon Musk and the billionaire tax

America's real moral crisis

The Week Ahead: Crunch time

This week's caption contest: Trump and Bannon

What makes me optimistic about the future?

The Incredible Shrinking Biden Plan

The two biggest challenges to our democracy

Office Hours: How should America hold Trump and his accomplices accountable?

Newt Gingrich's socialism

Week Ahead: The "we can't afford it" bullsh*t

Sunday caption contest: Greg Abbott

The Great Re-evaluation

Personal History: When I sat on the lap of America's most leftie vice president

Why the hell are Democrats keeping your drug prices high?

Office hours: What should Biden do to get his agenda back on track?

Why is inequality widening?

The Week Ahead: Trump redux

This week's caption contest: Abraham Lincoln

Why yesterday's bad news about jobs is really good news

The three biggest and least accountable power centers in America

The media's rotten reporting on Biden's social and climate bill

Office Hours: What's the biggest threat to our democracy now?

This Week's Worst Influential American

The Week Ahead: Everything hangs in the balance

This week's caption contest: Manchin & Sinema

Personal History: Is it possible for Democrats and Republicans in Washington to be close friends?

Who Pays for the Manchin?

Being Kyrsten Sinema

Office Hours: Do you know people who still refuse to get the Covid vaccine?

Personal History: When I went on a date with Hillary

The Week Ahead: Two high-stakes games of chicken

Thanks for joining me

Why Corporate Social Responsibility is BS

Personal History: When I was at law school with Clarence Thomas

What should we do about the debt ceiling, and why should you care?

Office Hours: How would you rate congressional Democrats in handling Biden’s agenda so far?

Why Are House Democrats So Reluctant to Tax Wealth?

The Week Ahead: Getting Ready

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