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Robert ReichSan Francisco Chronicle |
In his ongoing rampage against the laws of the land, Trump this week fired National Labor Relations Board acting chair
In light of Trump II’s predictably cruel and bonkers beginning, many people are asking: “What can I do now?” Here are
Trump has spent much of the past week complaining — and lying — about California’s water policies, falsely claiming that
By Jonathan Power Besides dealing with Ukraine, Russia stands at a major crossroads as it works out how exactly to
Trump will try to take credit for the Biden economy. Don’t let him. And don’t let Republican enablers of Trump
Trump and his MAGA allies are already targeting the four major pillars of resistance to Trump during his first term.
The cast of characters Trump has chosen to populate his second term are a Star Wars cantina of fanatics, extremists, conspiracy theorists, sexual...
It will not be the first time in history that someone is seduced by the thrill of unconstrained power, although it may be the first time that so...
As a practical matter, where will we find a firewall against the excesses of the Trump regime? The federal courts. You might say it doesn’t matter...
The challenge is the same as it was at the start of the 20th century: To fight for an economy and a democracy that works for all rather than the few.
As we come to the end of a difficult year, it’s important to establish a baseline for seeing how much worse Trump will make the American system...
Trump wants to buy Greenland and annex Canada as the 51st American state. When I first heard these ideas I thought he was joking, but as with all...
In three weeks and one day, a bunch of bilious billionaires will essentially take over the U.S. government. What do they want? Consider where...
I wanted to say something about former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. Carter wrote the following on June 16, 1977, and...
When I was secretary of labor, America’s emerging big tech industry pushed to raise the cap on the number of skilled workers allowed into the...
Donald Trump isn’t the cause of what ails America. He’s the consequence. The real causes go back four decades. Let me start with a bit of family...
When most people stop believing that they and their children have a fair chance to make it, the tacit social contract begins to unravel, and a...
In the wake of Kamala Harris’s loss to Trump, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he isn’t going to criticize Trump’s nominees...
You have every reason to be worried about what happens after January 20. Many people could be harmed. Yet I continue to have an abiding faith in...
The holidays provide an apt time to pause and assess where we are. You have every reason to be worried about what happens after January 20. Many...
You may not get access to services you depend on just before the holidays because an unelected billionaire shadow president wanted it that way.
We are beginning to see this all over the U.S. political-economic system — giant corporations and hugely wealthy people going out of their way to...
At a time in American history when the most influential leaders of the U.S. need to stand up loudly and clearly for the rule of law, democracy, and...
We are in a queasy interregnum. Four weeks ago, we learned that Donald Trump won the 2024 election. In six weeks, he’ll be taking over the United...
When she was a member of Congress, former Representative Liz Cheney took positions on many issues that I abhorred. I suspect you did, too. But on...
The solution is obvious and simple, which is why the nation's richest people hate it so much: Scrap the cap and make the wealthy pay a much fairer...
What happens when we refuse to allow Trump’s lackeys to wreak revenge on his political enemies who live within our states and communities?
Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman, announced he was entering the race to lead the Democratic National Committee. This is important....
I hope your Thanksgiving Day was peaceful. Today I’d like to raise a less peaceful question that many of you are asking me: As we enter the...
Will anything stop Trump? He will have control over both chambers of Congress, a tractable Supreme Court, a political base of fiercely loyal...
What became of the principle that no person is above the law, not even a former president?
At the same time Democrats and progressives are justifiably enraged at Trump’s gonzo Cabinet picks, they’re all but mute about corporate America’s...
GM just told 1,000 workers they're jobs are gone. But I haven’t heard Joe Biden, Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, or any other leading Democrat say...
It’s been just two weeks, but it feels like an eternity. It feels like an eternity because of the immensity of the loss — not just the loss of the...
Trump is saying the election gave him a “very big mandate.” Rubbish. It wasn’t a mandate at all. It wasn’t even a “red shift” to Trump and the...
By Peter Jacobsen A few months ago I wrote a piece for FEE on Argentina’s new president, Javier Milei. Milei took on the presidency of Argentina...
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as America’s next attorney general. This would be laughable were it not so...
Many of you are still in shock about what happened a week ago today. Some of you don’t even want to read a newspaper or hear the news. I get it. ...
A political disaster such as what occurred Tuesday gains significance not simply by virtue of who won or lost, but through how the election is...
How will we conduct this resistance? By organizing our communities. By fighting through the courts. By arguing our cause through the media. We...
Mirages can be confusing, but if you know what they are, you won’t be fooled by them.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla and the richest man in the world, tweeted this week that Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan “will be fired...
Will Lewis, the chief executive of the Washington Post, announced that the paper would not endorse a presidential candidate this year. Why not?...
This is the time for political courage. Instead, America’s highest-profile business leaders — Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase; Bill Gates, the co-...
Some of you have shared with me your fears about the upcoming election, now just twenty-two days away. I can’t sugarcoat this. It is frightening...
We’ve learned from a forthcoming book by journalist Bob Woodward that in 2020, while he was president, Trump secretly shipped Covid-19 testing...
First, the media criticized Harris for not submitting to more interviews. Now that she’s submitted to interview after interview over the last...
With less than 40 days until Election Day, how can it be that Trump has taken a small lead in Arizona and Georgia — two swing states he lost to...