Democratic candidates are connecting the affordability crisis to corruption. If Dems get the chance to govern, they’ll need to attack both.

With Nicole Fleetwood about her new book

Billionaire Elon Musk has already funneled at least $366 million into the midterms to try to make sure voters elect Republicans.

Friends,

So now, after more than a decade of pretending that he is not associated with Russia and that he would honor the U.S.

Psychological, Historical, Political, and Ethical (Video and Text)

With Heather Lofthouse, Vishal Shankar, and yours truly, Robert Reich

Late Wednesday afternoon, Dana Mattioli, Drew Hinshaw, Rebecca Ballhaus, and Joe Parkinson of the Wall Street Journal reported on the tawdry grifting of Kimberly Guilfoyle, former fiancee of Donald Tr...

On October 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds drove deadly fires through the Midwest.

On October 7, 2016, in the run-up to the 2016 election, the Washington Post broke the story of the so-called Access Hollywood tape, a video from 2005 in which Donald Trump told television host Billy B...

Judging from his social media posts, Trump is panicking.

And what will cause Trump to leave office?

Last night, on October 4, U.S.

If there’s no other way

On Friday night, just before 11:00, Trump announced that his administration “will, immediately, begin sending ‘Checks’ of nearly $100 to over 20 MILLION wonderful Seniors to help pay for their Medicar...

Can we reverse the power shift that began four decades ago? This is the biggest question lurking behind the midterm campaigns.

On Saturday, October 3, the Power to the People festival, organized by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, took over the stage at the Merriweathe...

The power of kitchen-table economics

Trump held a campaign rally tonight in Mobile, Alabama, the city where, as Shawn McCreesh of the New York Times recalled, his MAGA rallies really took off in August 2015, when more than 30,000 people ...

With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich

Friends,

John Hudson of the Washington Post reported this evening that the Trump administration is openly defying Congress, taking $52 million in military assistance lawmakers appropriated for European and Mid...

The real reason Americans are paying more under Trump Republicans

A Washington Post headline today read: “U.S.

Friends,

The scene that unfolded today at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was a snapshot of politics in the U.S.

Not because they’ll help Republican candidates

It has become routine for Trump to spend the weekend posting wildly on social media, and this weekend was no exception.

What separates Trump voters who consider themselves MAGA from Trump voters who do not?

Looking toward November 3

Trump’s war on the free press is continuing.

With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich

I learned late this afternoon that, in addition to being Dolly Parton Day, today is National Lobster Day, honoring the cultural and economic history of the lobster industry.

Here’s what I’m hearing

After a hearing yesterday about Trump’s Friday ban of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House campus, very early this morning—I was still awake writing yesterday’s letter—U.S.

Follow the money

Yesterday, William Turton, Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden, and Kirsten Berg of ProPublica published a blockbuster story reporting that the anti-corruption group of the Federal Bureau of Investigatio...

Friends,

In 1945, still reeling from World War II, representatives from 50 nations reached back to the U.S.

On September 18, while White House chief of staff Susie Wiles was out of town, Trump suddenly announced he was banning CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House.

Every day he gets loonier

Are we on the cusp of a political realignment against corporate power?

Thousands of people gathered outside the John F.

On September 19, 1676, three hundred and fifty years ago today, Nathaniel Bacon and his followers burned Jamestown, the capital of the Virginia Colony.

With gratitude

According to the American Automobile Association, diesel hit its highest recorded average price today at just above $6.44 per gallon.

With Heather Lofthouse and yours truly, Robert Reich

On Total War and Individual Responsibility (1/2)

A reason prices are rising so fast