Robert Reich · [email protected]

July 6, 2023 at 9:31 PM

This Supreme Court terrifies me

Congress must act now to reform the Supreme Court with a code of ethics and term limits. Dear John, After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, you might have thought things couldn’t possibly get worse. Oh, how I wish that were true. In the term that just ended, the Supreme…

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July 3, 2023 at 9:04 PM

Republicans say they love America. Why don’t they love what it stands for?

Republicans claim to love America. We must assert what loving America truly means. Dear John, What does it mean to love America? Republicans claim they do, but... In this video, I have tried, I’ve really tried, to imagine what they are referring to. But I keep coming up short …

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July 2, 2023 at 5:41 PM

Kyrsten Sinema: In the corporate airlines’ cockpit.

Kyrsten Sinema accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from commercial airlines. Now she’s siding with them on reducing requirements for new pilot training. Dear John, You’ve heard the saying, “Follow the money.” Frequently the money trail tells us all we need to know about wh…

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June 30, 2023 at 9:59 PM

Shine a light on McCarthy’s attempts to cut Social Security and Medicare.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy wants just one Democrat to join his secret commission to cut Social Security and Medicare. Democrats must refuse to be co-opted! Dear John, Behind closed doors: the place where the shadiest deals get made. So guess where House Speaker Kevin McCarthy …

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June 28, 2023 at 10:59 PM

Stop DeJoy’s plans to destroy the Post Office

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy persists in his plans to destroy the U.S. Postal Service. We need public hearings to allow for input and debate. Dear John, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is still hard at work, implementing his plans to wreck the U.S. Postal Service, in order to pr…

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June 27, 2023 at 8:01 PM

Social Security taxes: Highest incomes pay smaller percents

Social Security is in danger, but we can save it if the rich pay their fair share. Dear John, Why is Social Security in danger? It may not be for the reasons you think! As currently funded, Social Security will be fully solvent only until 2033. After that, analysts predict the …

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June 25, 2023 at 7:05 PM

Open up the World! Ban the Book Bans

It’s time to fight back against those who want to eliminate freedom of thought Dear John, Nothing less than freedom of thought is at stake here. The far right is seeking to close down young minds, threatening actions against teachers and school librarians who make available any …

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June 23, 2023 at 10:19 PM

Too many ways to bust a union: We need the PRO Act now!

The majority of Americans approve of labor unions, yet only 12% of American workers belong to one. The PRO Act will protect workers against unfair anti-union tactics, and give them a more fair playing field. Dear John, 65% of Americans approve of labor unions, the highest percen…

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June 23, 2023 at 12:21 AM

Trump is cornered -- and more dangerous than ever

Donald Trump is disqualified from public office by the 14th Amendment. Dear John, It’s been two weeks since Donald Trump was indicted by a federal grand jury on 37 felony counts for the willful mishandling of highly classified documents. The evidence contained in the indictment …

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June 21, 2023 at 8:41 PM

Tell Congress: Vote NO on GOP Tax Scam 2.0!

They say it’s just $80 billion, but add up the Republicans’ long term goals and their Tax Scam 2.0 will cost us over a trillion dollars. Act now to alert your representative! Dear John, Deficits, deficits, deficits -- for months the Republicans claimed this was their concern, and…

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June 20, 2023 at 10:19 PM

Disqualify Trump in every state

The U.S. Constitution is clear: Insurrectionists are not eligible for public office. Tell your state election officials to disqualify Trump. Dear John, You know the Constitution’s eligibility requirements to be president: A candidate must be at least 35 years old and a natural-bo…

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June 18, 2023 at 7:40 PM

What is YouTube thinking?

YouTube’s decision is not only dangerous and irresponsible;it could lead to further violence on the scale of the January 6 insurrection -- or worse. Dear John, By now, we know about Trump’s Big Lie that the 2020 election was “stolen,” and how dangerous it is. In over 60 court ca…

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June 17, 2023 at 9:21 PM

If we don’t do this, Trump could win

The corporate media won’t give Biden credit for his economic success. Dear John, This week, we got the latest inflation numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and once again, the news was good. Inflation is now down to 4 percent, the lowest in two years, and less than half…

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June 16, 2023 at 10:05 PM

Cable companies: Take Fox off the air!

Now a Fox “alert” calls Biden a “wannabe dictator.” This is not news, it’s propaganda! It’s time to keep up the pressure to deplatform Fox. Dear John, Our community is making an impact. We’ve sent over 300,000 letters to the CEOs of the major cable providers with a simple message…

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June 14, 2023 at 7:48 PM

Tell the Biden Administration: Protect Child Workers from Corporate Exploitation

85 years after child labor was made illegal in the U.S., corporate interest groups are working hard to bring it back. Dear John, It’s been 85 years since the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was passed, outlawing the most exploitative forms of child labor in the United S…

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June 13, 2023 at 4:08 PM

What can be done about Trump? This.

Donald Trump is an insurrectionist, disqualified from public office by the 14th Amendment. Dear John, Last Friday, Donald Trump was indicted on 37 counts of willful retention of national defense information charges, conspiracy to obstruct justice, corruptly concealing a document …

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June 12, 2023 at 11:05 PM

LGBTQ+ rights are human rights

Republicans are creating an atmosphere of hatred and violence, pushing bills that restrict LGBTQ+ individuals’ basic human rights. Dear John, From drag bans to "Don’t Say Gay Laws", Republicans are seizing on irrational fears of the LGBTQ+ community to vilify the very people who …

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June 11, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Pass the Equality Act: The only federal law protecting LGBTQ+ rights

Two-thirds of LGBTQ+ individuals report experiencing discrimination, yet there are no federal protections against it Dear John, You may have noticed recently a severe upsurge of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments and actions across the country. Unfortunately, it’s not just individual acti…

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June 10, 2023 at 2:51 PM

Indictments won’t stop Trump, but this can

Donald Trump is an insurrectionist, disqualified from public office by the 14th Amendment. Dear John, Despite multiple indictments, Donald Trump is well on his way to once again winning the Republican nomination for president, and, frankly, that terrifies me. We’ve already seen t…

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June 9, 2023 at 10:05 PM

Pass the Equality Act

Two-thirds of LGBTQ+ individuals report experiencing discrimination, yet there are no federal protections against it Dear John, You may have noticed recently a severe upsurge of anti-LGBTQ+ sentiments and actions across the country. Unfortunately, it’s not just individual acti…

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June 8, 2023 at 6:52 PM

The one key issue that could put Trump back in the White House

Inflation could cost us the 2024 presidential election. We can’t let that happen. Dear John, We all know what a disaster it would be for Donald Trump or any of the other GOP candidates to win the White House in 2024. But there’s one issue above all others that could cost Biden r…

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June 7, 2023 at 11:34 PM

Stop DeJoy’s plans to privatize the Post Office

President Biden has the chance to appoint two new members to the USPS Board of Governors who value the Postal Service and have the guts to fire DeJoy. Dear John, Last month, hundreds of postal workers demonstrated outside the USPS Board of Governors meeting to protest plant conso…

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June 6, 2023 at 9:57 PM

Busting the “paid what you’re worth” myth

The myth that everyone is “paid what they’re worth” justifies extreme inequality not as the outcome of social structures, but of personal merits and faults. Dear John, The oligarchy is doing a number on us all. Hidden within our economic system is an insidious idea that distorts…

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June 5, 2023 at 6:45 PM

Pull the plug on Fox News. Forever.

Don’t look now, but Fox News is in serious trouble. Dear John, Don’t look now, but Fox News is in serious trouble. In April, Fox News was forced to pay $787.5 million to Dominion Voting Systems, the first of several likely settlements Fox is facing due to the lies it spread durin…

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June 1, 2023 at 5:05 PM

The Republicans’ 5 fake crises to fool voters

Republicans have mastered the art of using manufactured crises around cultural wedge issues to divert the public’s attention. Dear John, For decades, the Republican Party has focused on cutting taxes and shifting wealth to the top 1% at the expense of everyone else. The question…

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May 31, 2023 at 10:37 PM

Enough with Fox “News”

Over a quarter million letters and counting: With the next Trump town hall scheduled, now is the time to keep the pressure on the cable companies to deplatform Fox Dear John, You’ve come through before, it’s time to come through again! We’ve delivered over a quarter million lett…

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May 30, 2023 at 10:35 PM

What a Vietnam War riot says about today’s culture wars

The culture wars being stoked by Trump, DeSantis, and other Republicans are eerily reminiscent of a little-remembered flashpoint from decades ago: The Hard Hat Riot of 1970 Dear John, Missing from history books is a key moment in America's culture wars. It took place 50 years ag…

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May 28, 2023 at 5:33 PM

Members of Congress should not be allowed to own or trade individual stock.

Why are members of Congress allowed to buy and sell individual stocks? Dear John, Insider trading is illegal because it gives an unfair advantage to the person who happens to have inside knowledge of events that will affect the future of a given stock. And who in the general pub…

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May 26, 2023 at 4:43 PM

Tell President Biden: Honor the full faith and credit of the United States

Facing imminent default and financial disaster, President Biden must ignore the debt ceiling and keep paying the bills. Dear John, It’s right there, clearly stated in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution: “The validity of the public debt of the United States... shall not be que…

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May 25, 2023 at 7:10 PM

Did you hear what President Biden said about the debt ceiling?

The United States could default on the federal debt next week, causing unthinkable damage to the U.S. economy. Dear John, The United States could run out of money and default on the federal debt as soon as next week, causing unthinkable damage to the U.S. economy. Meanwhile, M…

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May 24, 2023 at 7:59 PM

One year after Uvalde: Guns are the leading killer of US children

One year after the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Republicans continue to block any meaningful gun reform. Dear John, On the one-year anniversary of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the leading cause of death in children and teens is no longer car accidents.…

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May 23, 2023 at 11:25 PM

Tell CNN: No More Trump Town Halls!

The only way CNN could do worse than giving Trump a free hour of live TV would be… to do it again. Dear John, On May 10th, CNN handed Donald Trump a free hour of live TV. Trump used the time to spread conspiracy theories, celebrate political violence, and continue to lie about th…

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May 21, 2023 at 10:10 PM

I’m not the “retiring” type

Dear John, If there’s one thing you learn when you work with Professor Reich (whom I am fortunate enough to now call Bob) for as many years as I have, it’s that he never stops! He generates an incredible amount of compelling content, including for us at Inequality Media Civic Act…

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May 19, 2023 at 10:32 PM

Pass Medicare for All Now!

370,000 COVID deaths in the U.S. have been linked to lack of health insurance. We can provide comprehensive healthcare to every American through Medicare for All. Dear John, More than 370,000 of the 1.1 million COVID deaths in the United States to date have been linked to a lack …

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May 18, 2023 at 2:48 PM

How we can stop Donald Trump’s campaign. Right now.

Donald Trump is an insurrectionist, disqualified from public office by the 14th Amendment. Dear John, Donald Trump is well on his way to once again winning the Republican nomination for president, and I’m afraid about the future of American democracy. We’ve already seen the dead…

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May 17, 2023 at 11:18 PM

George Santos must resign immediately

George Santos has been indicted on 13 counts of defrauding the public, yet he remains in Congress. How long can the GOP go on defending his lies? Dear John, I want to sound the alarm: If truth is passé, and democracy is passé, then we are all in serious trouble. The fact George…

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May 16, 2023 at 10:47 PM

The Plot to Bring Back Child Labor in America.

Across the country, Republicans are fighting for laws that will make children more vulnerable to exploitation. How can we stop them? Dear John, Yes, folks, child labor is making a comeback in America. Why? Corporate greed. Arkansas will no longer require 14- and 15-year-olds to…

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May 14, 2023 at 5:05 PM

Pay the Creators, not just the Corporations!

TV writers have been left behind by a residuals-based model in the age of streaming. Support their strike for fair compensation! Dear John, Why are TV writers on strike? Aren’t they living the glitzy Hollywood life of movie stars, red carpets, and limousines? Any writer will t…

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May 12, 2023 at 10:52 PM

Don’t let the GOP push more Americans into poverty

The Republican party is taking the American economy hostage, demanding deep cuts in essential programs to drop their threat to default on the debt. Dear John, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s GOP is holding the nation hostage, using the threat of default on the national debt as t…

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May 11, 2023 at 6:49 PM

Joe Biden just said something very, very important

For the first time ever, Joe Biden just said that he is may use the 14th Amendment to resolve the looming debt ceiling crisis Dear John, You might have missed it, but President Biden just said something very important — and potentially very, very good. For the first time ever, J…

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May 10, 2023 at 10:03 PM

Sign the Petition: Stop letting candidates who lose the popular vote win the presidency.

Five of our 46 Presidents have come into office without winning the most votes nationwide. Dear John, Throughout our country’s history, the president of the United States has been chosen not by popular vote, but by the undemocratic Electoral College, and this has created a signif…

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May 9, 2023 at 3:42 PM

Tell CNN: Get off the Trump train, check his facts!

This week, CNN is giving Trump a free one-hour live prime-time town hall. Have we learned nothing yet? Dear John, $2 billion in free air time. That’s what it’s estimated the major news networks gave Donald Trump by covering his live speeches and events during the 2016 election. …

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May 8, 2023 at 7:30 PM

CNN: Cancel the Trump town hall

CNN has announced that it is giving Donald Trump a one-hour live prime-time town hall special. Dear John, CNN has announced that it is is giving Donald Trump a one-hour live prime-time town hall special this Wednesday night. This is the man who stoked a deadly insurrection at t…

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May 6, 2023 at 10:08 PM

Fox News is in deep, deep trouble

John — I wanted to re-send this important email to make sure you didn't miss it. We have a golden opportunity to shut down Fox News, but we must act now. — Robert Reich Dear John, For more than two decades, Fox News has spewed right-wing lies and hate. The damage that Fox News …

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May 5, 2023 at 12:25 AM

Breaking news: U.S. will default as soon as June 1

The federal government is projected to run out of money in just 28 days, according to the latest Treasury Department projections. Dear John, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen just announced that the federal government is projected to go into default as soon as June 1, just 28 days …

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May 3, 2023 at 8:54 PM

Tell AOC: Impeach Clarence Thomas. We’ll have your back.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she is open to introducing articles of impeachment for Clarence Thomas. Let’s back her up. Dear John, You know the many ways Clarence Thomas has been compromised. It’s not only the millions of dollars worth of undisclosed gifts he received over deca…

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May 2, 2023 at 10:15 PM

Why we need to make banking boring again.

For decades, to prevent financial meltdown, the risks of Wall Street gambling were kept separate from day-to-day banking. It’s time to bring back these safeguards. Dear John, It’s time to make banking boring again. When banks gamble with your money and win, they privatize the ga…

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April 30, 2023 at 3:43 PM

It’s time for Bernie Sanders to subpoena Jeff Bezos!

Jeff Bezos has used illegal means to fight the formation of the Amazon Labor Union. It’s time for him to be held accountable. Dear John, The Amazon Labor Union won its first union election ever in the U.S., and workers at nearly 300 Starbucks stores in 37 states have voted to uni…

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April 29, 2023 at 8:05 PM

This is not your ordinary email

Dear John, For more than two decades, Fox News has spewed right-wing lies and hate. The damage that Fox News has done to our democracy is incalculable. But right now, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to get Fox News taken off the air for good. Really, it’s true. Let m…

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April 28, 2023 at 9:47 PM

The wealthy and corporations need to pay what they owe.

Decades of tax cuts for the wealthy have put at risk crucial programs that support the health and well being of working Americans. Let’s reverse this trend! Dear John, We need you to weigh in on the current budget deficit debate in Washington. According to a new poll by Data for…

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