The following is part of a thought-provoking post is by Robert Reich:I want to examine a root that hasn’t gotten nearly the attention it deserves: the remarkable reversal in life expec… Read More
Robert Reich explains why we should be worried about a second term for Donald Trump:When I read a few days ago in The Washington Post that Trump and his allies have specific… Read More
The Labor Department released its weekly unemployment report on Thursday. It showed that about 217,000 workers filed for unemployment benefits in the week ending on November 4th. Here is the… Read More
The following is satire by Alexandra Petri in The Washington Post: Tuesday’s election results suggest that the Republican legislativestrategy of “taking people’s right… Read More
The charts above are from the Gallup Poll -- done between October 2nd and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,009 adults, with a 4 point margin of error Read More
The above shows the results of Tuesday's vote in red-state Ohio. Ohio is one of the most Republican states in the country, and yet the Republican establishment lost big on the ballot i… Read More
The chart above reflects the result of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 28th and 31st of a nationwide sample of 1,333 registered voters, with a 2.9 point margin of e… Read More
The chart above reflects the result of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 28th and 31st of a nationwide sample of 1,500 adults (including 1,333 registered voters). The… Read More
Cable news is in a tizzy about some swing states polls although its still a year until the presidential election. But Robert Reich says it's not time to panic or worry.I want to use today&rs&hell…Read More
The chart above is from the Gallup Poll in a survey done between October 2nd and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,009 adults, with a 4 point margin of error Read More
The following is from The Washington Post: Donald Trump and his allies have begun mapping out specific plans for using the federal government to punish critics and opponents should… Read More
These charts reflect the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 28th and 31st of a nationwide sample of 1,333 registered voters, with a 2.9 point margin of error Read More
At the end of World War II, the world saw nuclear weapons used for the first, and so far only time, as Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed. Many thousands were killed or injured, and it was h… Read More
The chart above is the U.S. News and World Report list of presidential IQ's from the highest to the lowest.Presidents Obama and Trump are not included on the list, but other sources put Obam… Read More
The chart is from a YouGov Poll -- done between October 30th and November 2nd of 2021. They surveyed 1,500 adults nationwide, and the poll has a 3 point margin of error. The poll is two… Read More
This op-ed is by the editorial board of The New York Times:Four weeks ago, Israel began its military campaign to defeat Hamas, in retaliation for the attack on Oct. 7 that ki… Read More
The charts above reflect the results of a Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between October 26th and 30th of a nationwide sample of 1,610 registered voters, with a 2.4 point margin of… Read More
The Labor Department released the unemployment report for October on Friday. It showed the economy produced about 150,000 new jobs for the month. The unemployment rate rose slightly -- from… Read More
Paul Krugman (in The New York Times) exposes the "Big Grift" House Republicans are trying to pull off:Historians of propaganda are familiar with the concept of the Big Lie, a claim so e… Read More
This chart reflects the result of the Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between October 26th and 30th of a nationwide sample of 1,610 registered voters, with a 2.4 point margin of error Read More
The following article is by Nick Anderson in Reform Austin News: The graphic was generated from data gathered by the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy. The data is fr… Read More
These charts reflect the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 28th and 31st of a nationwide sample of 1,333 registered voters, with a 2.9 point margin of error Read More
These charts reflect the results of the Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between October 28th and 31st of a nationwide sample of 1,333 registered voters, with a 2.9 point margin of error Read More
Robert Reich comments on the behavior a civil society cannot tolerate:Many of us feel overwhelmed by the brutality and hatefulness around us — in Israel and Gaza, in Russia’s con… Read More
This post is by former Labor Secretary Robert Reich:The United Auto Workers has scored a major victory. It’s still awaiting a vote by union members, but it’s a big dea… Read More
The Othering and Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkley has released its Inclusiveness Index for 2023. Using sic universal indicators (race, gender, LGBTQ+, religion, d… Read More
The following post is by Robert Reich: The warfare in Gaza is calamitous and heartbreaking. But many of the things I hear or read about it from otherwise intelligent people strike… Read More
Another mass shooting is making national headlines. This time a right-winger in Maine killed 18 people and wounded over a dozen more. But that is just one of many mass shootings happen… Read More
The following op-ed was written by Dr. Hussam Abu Safyia (a pediatrician in Gaza) for The New York Times: At Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, we are no strangers to treating victi… Read More
The following is a letter to The New York Times by author Stephen King:There is no solution to the gun problem, and little more to write, because Americans are addicted to firearms.Rep… Read More
From CBS News:The Army has finished renaming nine installations that previously honored confederate generals with the redesignation Friday of Fort Gordon in Georgia to Fort E… Read More
The chart above is from a Gallup Poll -- done between October 2nd and 23rd of a nationwide sample of 1,009 adults, and has a 4 point margin of error Read More