His power is whooshing away Robert Reich Jun 4, 2026 Friends, No, he’s not over over. I wish he were. But something important has changed. Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to direct him to withdraw U.S. forces from Iran or win approval from Congress to continue the war. It was a… Continue reading
Here’s Why Robert Reich May 19, 2026 Friends, Recently, people have been asking me who I’m voting for in the California gubernatorial primary. Normally, I prefer to stay out of the primaries (I myself was involved in a contested primary way back when, but that’s another story). Like most voters… Continue reading
Read the results in the context of next November’s general election ROBERT REICH JAN 24, 2024 (robertreich@substack.com) Friends, As I noted earlier today, the mainstream media is falling over itself in seeming awe of Trump’s “powerful” campaign. The truth is just the opposite. Last week, he won fewer than 3… Continue reading
What we must do ROBERT REICH JAN 19, 2024 (robertreich@substack.com) Friends, Welcome back to our Friday series exploring why it’s become so difficult to achieve the common good under modern American capitalism. As we’ve seen, the real challenge is political rather than economic. It’s impossible to reform our economic system… Continue reading
Robert Reich/Substack Former Labor Secretary Robert Reich. (Photo: Getty) 07 january 24 (rsn.org) Concentrated wealth and power are undermining democracy. Here’s what Joe Biden ought to be saying and doing about it. Friends, Last week, I pointed out that America has twice before successfully readapted the rules of the political… Continue reading
How the Republican Party turns fascist ROBERT REICH DEC 7, 2023 (robertreich@substack.com) Rep. Patrick McHenry of North Carolina announced Tuesday that he won’t be seeking reelection. McHenry steered the House as acting speaker during the chaos following Kevin McCarthy’s ouster. McHenry helped negotiate this year’s debt limit deal. He’s also… Continue reading
ROBERT REICH NOV 30, 2023 (RobertReich@substack.com Henry Kissinger has died, at the age of 100. When a former high government official as well known as Kissinger passes, the conventional response is to say nice things about what they accomplished. I’m sorry but I cannot. In my humble opinion, Kissinger should… Continue reading
ROBERT REICH NOV 27, 2023 (robertreich@substack.com) The mainstream media is helping Trump and his authoritarian allies in four ways. First, it’s drawing a false equivalence between Trump and Biden — claiming that Biden’s political handicap is his age, while Trump’s corresponding handicap is his criminal indictments. Rubbish. Trump is almost… Continue reading
What I am telling them in response ROBERT REICH NOV 6, 2023 (robertreich@substack.com I’m worried about my children. Not my biological ones — they’re fine — but my students, whom I think of as my children because I have taught them and counseled them and nurtured them for years. They… Continue reading
There is no moral clarity in wreaking vengeance on innocent people. ROBERT REICH OCT 12, 2023 (robertreich@substack.com) Today, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stood next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a military base in Tel Aviv and said “Too often in the past, leaders have equivocated in the… Continue reading
