Robert Reich

Robert Reich04.07.2026

The source of the new energy taking over the Democratic Party isn’t Democratic Socialism. It’s something far more exciting! In one of the most notable upsets of the Democratic primaries so far, Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros, 29, yesterday won the nomination over incumbent Rep. Diana DeGette to represent Colorado’s hotly-contested First Congressional District. I expect […]

Robert Reich02.07.2026

The putative presidential candidate is even more skilled at demagoguery. JD Vance said on Friday that the U.S. wins “either way” in negotiations with Iran. “If we make the final deal, then great,” Vance told HBO’s Bill Maher. “If we don’t make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They’re still much weaker […]

Robert Reich29.06.2026

Trump’s war with Iran is continuing. Today, Iran launched attack drones at Bahrain — which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet headquarters, a major logistical base for U.S. military operations. Iran also struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, its second attack on a ship since Thursday. Those attacks came after the United […]

Robert Reich24.06.2026

Today I start my ninth decade on earth. It’s astounding and distressing, but I suppose it’s better than the alternative. In his latter years, my father would always answer my weekly phone question, “How are you, Dad?” with a brisk “Still here!” Several of my joints ache, I can’t remember shit, I can no longer […]

Robert Reich11.06.2026

I’ve been watching JD Vance as carefully as anyone can track a snake in the grass, which is to say, with some difficulty. He has seemed uncomfortable with Trump’s grandiose foreign ambitions, especially Trump’s failed war in Iran, but I’ve seen no evidence that JD has spoken out against any of it even inside Trump’s […]

Robert Reich03.06.2026

A brief conversation on the way to breakfast. Someone I didn’t know approached me early this morning on my way to breakfast. He looked about 60 years old, with dark hair graying at the temples. He was dressed in a tie and jacket. He asked me if I was Robert Reich. I admitted to it. […]

Robert Reich02.06.2026

He’s given up on all the “talent” except for You Know Who. Trump often confuses himself with America, and America with himself. Not surprisingly, his plan for celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary is looking more and more like a celebration of Trump. Trump’s face will be engraved on a $250 bill. It will be etched […]

Robert Reich25.05.2026

Robbie was the kindest person I ever knew. I met him in our dormitory the day we entered college in 1964. He saw me struggling to carry my big luggage crates up the two flights of stairs to my dorm room and, without saying a word, grabbed one and hauled it to the second floor. […]

Robert Reich22.05.2026

Have we given up on a central goal we sought to achieve more than two centuries ago? I was born just after the end of World War II. The first half of the 20th century marked a particularly difficult, violent era. But the 21st century so far has been, well, one trauma after another. It […]

Robert Reich12.05.2026

The Supreme Court’s shameful decision last Wednesday released a flood of memories — and worse. When I learned what Samuel Alito and the other Republican appointees to the Supreme Court did to the Voting Rights Act last week, I thought of Mickey. I met Mickey the summer after third grade. His family had rented one […]

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It’s the Next America

Is JD Vance More Dangerous Than Trump?

Why Won’t the Media Call This for What it Is?

Eighty Years Old Today

JD’s Strategy Behind His Bloopers, Bungles, and Bonkers Claims

You’re Not Alone, and You’re Not Crazy

Beware of Trump’s 250th Rally on the Mall

Remembering Robbie: An Appreciation on Memorial Day

PTSD Nation?

Sam Alito and My Friend Mickey

How the Truth About Yeltsin Was Hidden from the Country

The Pope Excommunicates the Bishops of the Society of Saint Pius X

A Childhood Filled with Ancient Mysteries

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