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A Thanksgiving Toast
Friends,
If your family and friends are anything like mine, there will be lots of talk over turkey dinner. Some of it will be gossip. Some of it will…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Week Ahead: The big split
Official Washington will be quiet this week, but the fallout from the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict will continue to divide America along the Trumpian fau…
4 years, 1 month ago
The BS you're now hearing about how the Democrats can woo back the working class
One of the most important consequences of an election is its effect on conventional wisdom about how the losing political party must change in order …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Week Ahead: Power politics in Glasgow, Virginia, and Washington
If you want to know what’s really going on, don’t pay attention to political speeches or news headlines. Look instead at any underlying reallocation …
4 years, 2 months ago
Resilience
I often tell my students that if they strive to achieve full and meaningful lives they should expect failures and disappointments. We learn to walk b…
4 years, 2 months ago
America's real moral crisis
Friends,
At a time when the six Republican appointees on the Supreme Court — prodded by Texas, Mississippi, and several other red states — seem ready …
4 years, 2 months ago
The Week Ahead: Crunch time
Friends,
This week, Democrats either reach agreement on Biden’s social and climate agenda or the agenda may shrink into meaninglessness. The climate …
4 years, 2 months ago
What makes me optimistic about the future?
What’s the single most important thing that keeps me optimistic about the future? To put it simply: my students.
I’ve been teaching on and off for th…
4 years, 2 months ago
The two biggest challenges to our democracy
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit robertreich.substack.com/subscr…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Great Re-evaluation
Let me share with you in this short podcast some of the things I’ve heard from people in the last few months, which may suggest the first stirrings o…
4 years, 2 months ago