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Robert Reich

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Robert B. Reich, a co-founder of The American Prospect, is a professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, one of the books featured in the Prospect’s High School Essay Contest.

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Schools must model the true meaning of freedom in a democracy. Read more

Education in America

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The GOP’s phony attempt to rebrand itself as the party of the working class Read more

Politics

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Voters have given Joe Biden and Congress a progressive mandate to enact real change. Read more

Politics

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Republican leaders and right-leaning media must acknowledge the legitimacy of the election for the country to move forward. Read more

Politics

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Here’s where to spend your time and money before Election Day. Read more

Politics

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The president talks a good game—but it’s just talk. Read more

Politics

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No, simply re-opening is not a plan. Read more

Economic Policy

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The president and congressional Republicans continue to ramp up the crisis. Read more

Coronavirus

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Jeff Bezos and wealthy business leaders like him are failing to protect their workers’ health. Read more

Coronavirus

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He will do anything—anything—to hold on to power. Read more

Coronavirus

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A timeline of presidential incompetence Read more

Coronavirus

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Trump’s attorney general has corrupted the Justice Department and willfully abetted the president’s lawlessness. Read more

Law and Justice

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It seems like forever ago when Donald Trump promised to ‘drain the swamp’ if elected president. Well, it turns out this was one of the biggest whoppers in modern American politics. Read more

Money, Politics and Power

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The 10 things you need to understand about the Senate trial and the historic moment our country is in right now Read more

Impeachment

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Across the world, big money is buying off politicians to procure favors that further enlarge the wealth of those at the top. Read more

Economic Policy

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When I graduated college in 1968, I recall thinking this nation would never recover. But we bounced back. Read more

Money, Politics and Power

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Compared to the boomers, they’re way behind. Read more

Working in America

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Workers must be given a stronger voice so technological change benefits everyone, not just managers and executives. Read more

Working in America

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The ‘team’ we need to make America decent again Read more

Politics

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Congress needs to update the Voting Rights Act to prevent states from suppressing votes. Read more

Civil Rights in America

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An exchange stimulated by Zach Carter’s review of Barry Lynn’s ‘Liberty From All Masters’ Read more

, Books

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"A positive feedback loop is in full force, resulting in a growing divide between the middle and lower classes and the very rich, a system wherein the richest 1 percent of households owns 32 percent of aggregate household wealth." Read more

Essay Contest

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Jandos Rothstein

"The systemic alliance between Washington and the wealthy regulates the invisible hand over capitalism — to spiral gains to the top and stagnate the status quo." Read more

Essay Contest

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Jandos Rothstein

"In this essay, I’ll examine the rules Reich proposes and how they can be rewritten to not just save capitalism amidst the pandemic, but vaccinate it against future outbreaks of greed." Read more

Essay Contest

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Jandos Rothstein

"Reich describes a long staircase on which America must take a step back for every two forward. I propose taking the elevator all the way to the top." Read more

Essay Contest

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Don’t believe the lies. Today’s unions are growing, expanding, and boosting the wages and economic prospects of those who need them most. Read more

Working in America

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Get involved. It’s going to take a grassroots movement of Americans to take our country back. Read more

Money, Politics and Power

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And how to reverse widening inequalities of income and wealth in America Read more

Economic Policy

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In America today, your life chances depend largely on how you started—where you grew up and how much your parents earned. Read more

Economic Policy

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Contrary to Republican talking points, programs like welfare and food stamps make up a tiny fraction of the federal budget.  Read more

Economic Policy

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Impeachment may be politically risky—but still it's the right thing to do.  Read more

Law and Justice

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When corporations get special handouts from the government, we have to pay more in taxes to make up for these hidden tax breaks, subsidies, and loopholes. Read more

Economic Policy

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The only way to overcome the oligarchy and Trump’s divide-and-conquer strategy is for the rest of us to join together and win America back. Read more

Economic Policy

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How Democrats blew a golden opportunity to improve inhumane conditions on the border Read more

Money, Politics and Power

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More Americans want a robust social safety net than you might think.  Read more

Economic Policy

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The president thinks his policies have been great for the economy. Don't believe the hype.  Read more

Economic Policy

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For nearly a century, the right has derided every common sense, progressive advance as "socialism." Don't believe the hype.  Read more

Economic Policy

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America's imbalance of power and wealth is increasingly incompatible with democracy.  Read more

Economic Policy

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The federal prohibition of marijuana has been unnecessarily cruel—wasting billions of dollars, unjustly harming millions of lives, and furthering racist policies.  Read more

Health and Social Policy

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When the framers designed the Constitution to protect against tyranny, they had a moment just like this in mind.  Read more

Law and Justice