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Professor, Former US Secretary of Labor
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Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies, was Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. Time Magazine named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the twentieth ...more

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Republicans Tried To Overturn The Election. We Must Not Forget
America prefers to look forward rather than back. We’re a land of second acts. We move on. This can be a strength. We don’t get bogged down in outmoded traditions, old grudges, obsolete ways of thinking.
How Corporations Crush The Working Class
The most dramatic change in the system over the last half-century has been the emergence of corporate giants and the shrinkage of labor unions.
Sedition
They must openly choose democracy or fascism.
Who Is Worse: Donald Trump Or Mitch McConnell?
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich discusses the most dangerous politician of his lifetime, who has damaged our country in ways that will take a generation to undo...Mitch McConnell.
Most Devastating Of All: Mueller’s Indictment Of Trump’s Character
Democrats in Congress and talking heads on television will be consumed in the coming weeks by whether the evidence in the Mueller report, especially of obstruction of justice, merits impeachment.
How McConnell Is Killing The Senate
Congress has recessed for 2 weeks without passing a desperately-needed disaster relief bill. Why not? Because Mitch McConnell didn’t want to anger Trump by adding money for Puerto Rico that Democrats have sought but Trump doesn’t want.
Warren Is Correct About Busting Up Big Tech
Presidential hopeful Senator Elizabeth Warren announced Friday she wants to bust up giants like Facebook, Google, and Amazon.
Dictator Trump
A president who claims he has an absolute right to declare a national emergency and spend government funds that Congress has explicitly refused to appropriate for the ends he seeks, is assuming the role of a dictator.
Trump’s End
This morning I phoned my friend, the former Republican member of Congress to discuss Trump. Here's what we said...
Message To Millennials
You are the largest, most diverse, and progressive group of potential voters in American history, comprising fully 30 percent of the voting age population. On Nov. 6th, you have the power to alter the course of American politics
A Time For Integrity
To: Senators Jeff Flake, John McCain, Bob Corker, and Susan Collins, I write you as a patriotic American concerned about the peril now facing our democracy, asking you to exercise your power to defend it.
Trump’s Art Of The No Deal (Updated)
Trump promised to be America’s dealmaker in chief. But so far, Trump has made no deals at all, and the ones he thinks he’s made have unraveled.
The New Poll Tax
Hundreds of thousands of Americans are being denied the right to vote because they are poor.
Trump’s Civil War
Trump’s unwillingness to denounce the white supremacists who came to Charlottesville last weekend bent on violence has been part of his political strategy from the start.
Trump’s Rollback Of Civil Rights
Trump’s budget isn’t just about massive tax cuts for rich and major cuts in assistance for the poor. He also wants to roll back civil rights.
5 Reasons Why Trump’s Corporate Tax Cut Is Appallingly Dumb
Trump wants to cut the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 15 percent, in order to “make the United States more competitive.” This is truly dumb, for 5 reasons listed in this article.
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