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Protected: Ileya

By Adedayo Agarau

Protected: There are nights that escape

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Protected: This is War

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Protected: Death’s night won’t come gently

By Irma Pineda, translated by Wendy Call

Robert Reich

Robert B. Reich, one of the nation’s leading experts on work and the economy, is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He has served in three national administrations, most recently as secretary of labor under President Bill Clinton. Time Magazine has named him one of the ten most effective cabinet secretaries of the last century. He has written thirteen books, including his latest best-seller, Aftershock: The Next Economy and America's Future; The Work of Nations: Preparing Ourselves for 21st Century Capitalism which has been translated into 22 languages; and his newest, an e-book, Beyond Outrage. His syndicated columns, television appearances, and public radio commentaries reach millions of people each week. He is also a founding editor of the American Prospect magazine, and Chairman of the citizen’s group Common Cause. His widely-read blog can be found at www.robertreich.org.
Commentary Politics

After Trump

By Robert Reich August 30, 2016

On the staying power of Donald Trump.

Commentary GovernmentRace

Who Lost the White Working Class?

By Robert Reich January 20, 2016

The Democrats are just as guilty as the Republicans in some respects.

Commentary ClassEconomyWork & Money

The Outrageous Ascent of CEO Pay

By Robert Reich August 11, 2015

Paying CEOs more isn't helping anyone.

Commentary Climate & Environment

Obama Must Stop the Keystone XL Pipeline Permanently

By Robert Reich February 20, 2015

President Obama must permanently stop the Keystone XL pipeline from being built.

Commentary ClassWork & Money

The Rise of the Non-Working Rich

By Robert Reich by arrangement with Robert Reich July 17, 2014

We’re on the cusp of the largest inter-generational wealth transfer in history.

Commentary ClassPolitics

Why Workers in Red States Vote Against Their Economic Self Interest

By Robert Reich January 17, 2014

The electoral effects of economic desperation.

Commentary EconomyGovernmentUSA

It’s Inequality, Stupid

By Robert Reich August 31, 2012

Income inequality is one of the most pressing issues facing the country, but you wouldn't know it from watching the RNC in Tampa.

Commentary EconomyGovernmentUSA

The Problem Isn’t Outsourcing

By Robert Reich July 20, 2012

Outsourcing isn't our problem, it's that the needs of American businesses are disconnected from the needs of Americans.

Commentary PoliticsUSA

The Truth About Obama’s Tax Proposal

By Robert Reich July 11, 2012

There's the media portraying President Obama's tax proposal, and then there's the real thing.

Commentary EconomyUSA

Dimon in the Rough

By Robert Reich June 21, 2012

Banks don't want Dodd-Frank regulations extended to their foreign branches and overseas subsidiaries. Should we listen?

Commentary PoliticsUSA

Corporate Feelings

By Robert Reich June 19, 2012

Mitch McConnell takes the corporations-are-people ethos to a new level. Now, corporations can do more than speak—they can feel.

Commentary PoliticsUSA

Why the Public’s Growing Disdain for the Supreme Court May Help Obamacare

By Robert Reich June 11, 2012

Less than half of Americans believe that the Supreme Court is doing a good job. Here's what that may mean.

Commentary EconomyPolitics

Why the Economy is Heading for a Stall

By Robert Reich May 4, 2012

It's a bad idea to enact cuts in government spending right when consumers can't spend more.

Commentary Economy

How a Little Bit of Good Economic News Can Be Bad for the President

By Robert Reich January 10, 2012
Don't expect the unemployment rate to stay down
Review Economy

The Decline of the Public Good

By Robert Reich January 5, 2012
Even Margaret Thatcher would be appalled by the privatization of American society.
Commentary EconomyGovernment

The Defining Issue

By Robert Reich December 20, 2011
Mo’ money, mo’ problems. Why “big government” isn’t the problem.
Commentary EconomyPolitics

The Remarkable Political Stupidity of the Street

By Robert Reich December 12, 2011
It’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt. How Wall Street is its own worst enemy.
Commentary PoliticsUSA

The Most Important Economic Speech of His Presidency

By Robert Reich December 7, 2011
Barack Obama channels Theodore Roosevelt as he addresses America's gaping inequality as the defining issue of our time, and lays out the possible layout for his 2012 reelection platform.
Commentary ClassEconomy

The Jobs Report: Don’t Break Out the Champagne

By Robert Reich December 5, 2011
Why it's too early to celebrate November's job growth.
Commentary PoliticsUSA

A Thanksgiving Reflection: Looking Beyond Election Day

By Robert Reich November 28, 2011
Why we should be worrying less about how America's economy will influence Obama's reelection and more on how to solve the problems with which whoever wins in 2012 will have to deal with.
Commentary JusticeUSA

The First Amendment Upside Down

By Robert Reich November 23, 2011
Why we must occupy democracy.
Commentary EconomyJustice

Occupiers Occupied

By Robert Reich November 16, 2011
Occupy Wall Street and the hijacking of the First Amendment.
Commentary Politics

Why We May Be In Store for a Passionless Presidential Race

By Robert Reich November 14, 2011
Only a couple of months before the presidential race begins. Don’t expect any surprises.
Commentary EconomyPolitics

Trigger Happy

By Robert Reich November 11, 2011
Why deficit cuts should be triggered only when unemployment reaches 5 percent.
Commentary Government

A Corporate Pledge of Allegiance

By Robert Reich November 8, 2011
If corporations do not take the pledge, we should boycott them. (Occupiers—are you listening?)
Commentary EconomyJustice

Washington, Pre-Occupied

By Robert Reich November 3, 2011
Until we reverse the trend toward inequality, the economy can’t be revived.
Commentary EconomyEurope

Greece’s Choice—and Ours: Democracy or Finance?

By Robert Reich November 2, 2011
Rule by democracy or by financial markets? Based on what’s happened in America, choose the former.
Commentary Government

The Triumph of Dogma, and a Sad Goodbye to David Frum

By Robert Reich October 14, 2011
Was it David Frum's responsibility to "represent" the views of conservative Republicans? He thought so, at least.
Commentary EconomyUSA

The American Jobs Depression, and How to Get Out of It

By Robert Reich October 3, 2011
We’re in a deep hole—and the hole is deepening.
Commentary JusticeWork & Money

Why This is Exactly the Time to Rebuild America’s Infrastructure

By Robert Reich September 26, 2011
If Washington only had a brain…
Commentary Work & Money

How to Create More Jobs By Lowering Wages: Texas and America

By Robert Reich September 15, 2011
The productivity of American workers continues to soar. The problem is fewer and fewer Americans are sharing the gains.
Commentary EconomyWork & Money

Why Inequality Is the Real Cause of Our Ongoing Terrible Economy

By Robert Reich September 6, 2011
Historian James Truslow Adams coined the American Dream as “a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone;” however, unless you're one of the 5 percent of Americans with the highest incomes, this land is still merely a dream.
Commentary Justice

This Labor Day We Need Protest Marches Rather than Parades

By Robert Reich August 29, 2011
The ratio of corporate profits to wages is now higher than at any time since just before the Great Depression. It’s time for the American worker to do something about it.
Commentary Work & Money

Stock Tip: Be Worried. Workers Are Consumers

By Robert Reich August 22, 2011
Corporate earnings are the highest they’ve been relative to worker wages and benefits since just before the Great Depression. It was only a matter of time before the boom on Wall Street turned into a bust.
Commentary Economy

How Austerity Is Ushering in a Global Recession

By Robert Reich August 18, 2011
When economies stop growing or contract, economies can fall into vicious cycles of slower growth, lower tax revenues, spending cuts, and even slower growth. Welcome to our current reality.
Commentary PoliticsUSA

The Empty Bully Pulpit

By Robert Reich July 29, 2011
 Cat got your tongue? Why Obama isn’t telling America the truth.
Commentary USAWork & Money

The Biggest Driver in the Deficit Battle: Standard & Poor’s

By Robert Reich July 28, 2011
Who is Standard & Poor’s to tell America how much debt it has to shed in order to keep its credit rating?
Commentary EconomyUSA

The Shameful Murder of Dodd-Frank

By Robert Reich July 21, 2011
The real reason Wall Street has spent the last year bludgeoning Dodd-Frank into meaninglessness.
Commentary GovernmentPolitics

Can Obama Pull a Clinton on the GOP?

By Robert Reich July 18, 2011
If Obama wants a second term, he’ll have to come out swinging on jobs.
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