Robert Reich

Berkeley professor, former Secretary of Labor. Co-founder, @InequalityMedia. Preorder my new book below:

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Democratic lawmakers are calling for an investigation into Eric and Don Jr.’s ties to 15 companies that have received $3.2 BILLION in defense contracts.

Here's what you should know about their ongoing grifts.

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I used to be a Social Security trustee.

The real reason the program is in trouble has nothing to do with the postwar baby boom or increasing life expectancy.

It's because of widening inequality. Watch.

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Can you guess my pick for the World's Worst Billionaire?

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The Democratic Party’s mega-donor class is horrified by the rising tide of progressive populism.

Too bad.

It's time they recognize the real choice is between democracy and tyranny, between an economy that works for all or one that works for a small sliver at the top.

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The public needs to know who is doing what when important decisions are made inside these buildings and departments.

It’s the only way anyone can ever be held accountable.
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Trump Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins just called his SNAP cuts a "pretty big win".

Throwing 5 million struggling Americans — including families with children — off food aid to fund tax cuts for the rich isn't a "win".

It's a national disgrace.

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Dozens of gas-burning power plants are being built across the country, solely to power data centers.

These plants could emit as much planet-warming pollution as half of all passenger vehicles in the entire country in a single YEAR.

We need a data center moratorium — now.

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Last night's political earthquake in Michigan should make one thing very clear: it's time for Democrats to grow a spine and stop bending the knee to corporate donors.

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When was the last time you sat down with someone who sees the world differently than you do?

In our new film, THE WORK IN PROGRESS, we asked 100 strangers across America to do just that.

Don't miss this exclusive first look: https://t.co/GsqCvpy3WN

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Michigan Democrats chose Abdul El-Sayed because he’s a fighter willing to stand up to the tyrant in the Oval Office.

Corporate Democrats like Chuck Schumer aren't up to the task because they won’t bite the corporate hands that feed them.

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Trump’s OSHA is rolling back rules that mandate rest breaks and access to water and shade to protect workers from extreme heat on the job.

Remember: Trump doesn’t care about workers. He never has and never will.

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Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time.

Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.

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For a year and a half, we’ve been subject to the daily onslaught of Trump and his cruel, corrupt, and incompetent second regime.

My question to you now, in the middle of the summer of our discontent, is what strategies you’re using to cope with this horror.

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This Thursday, SpaceX insiders will be released from their first post-IPO stock lockup and can cash out early.

As I've been saying, this has all the hallmarks of a Ponzi scheme.

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Frances Perkins was the patron saint of American workers and an inspiration for me during my time as labor secretary.

She was the guiding light behind the creation of Social Security, the 40-hour workweek, the National Labor Relations Act, and much more.

[David Dayen @ddayen]

Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins.

She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member.

https://t.co/tlbqZSgcgl

[David Dayen @ddayen]

Today's Prospect Patriot is Frances Perkins.

She saw the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory go ablaze in 1911 and her life changed. "The New Deal was born that day," she said. 22 years later she'd be America's first female cabinet member.

https://t.co/tlbqZSgcgl

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The people who are being kicked off of Medicaid by Trump & the Republicans aren't 'freeloaders mooching off the system,' they are people who need health coverage and  'barely scraping by,' says former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. WATCH HERE:::
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The California Democratic Party has officially endorsed a one-time, 5% wealth tax on billionaires that will be on the ballot this November.

They're right to support it — and Gavin Newsom is wrong to oppose it.

Here's why.

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Republicans win the White House, enact trickle-down tax cuts, and collapse the economy.

Feel like we've been here before?

Here's why it keeps happening.

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The biggest cost Trump is imposing on us is the cost of doing nothing about three worsening crises that threaten the very survival of America and the world: climate change, AI, and widening inequality.
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