How did my generation – the baby boomers – squander the potential our parents left us?

What can our children do to correct our mistakes?

These are the central questions of my new memoir: Coming Up Short.

You can preorder it now. sites.prh.com/reich

Democrats must refuse to vote for any funding bill that increases ICE’s budget and refuse to fund DHS until ICE’s abuses of power are stopped.

The government funding deadline is January 30th. Call your reps today: (202) 224-3121

https://indivisible.org/campaign/how-rein-ice-now

“More videos are likely to emerge, but the visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over” (Gift link)

Devastating new CNN poll on the anniversary of Trump’s first year in office: voters think he’s made everything worse — crime, free speech, health, global security. Literally every promise.

www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...

Republicans rushed tax cuts for the wealthy but delayed their cuts to Medicaid and food assistance. Why?

So they don't kick in until after the midterms.

Help spread the word.

Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable.

We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.

Democrats must remember this — and act on it.

Funny how that works, huh? [Cartoon by Joe Heller]

Millions of Americans are about to see their health insurance costs skyrocket as ACA subsidies expire at the end of the year.

How did Congress respond this week? By heading home for the holidays.

Netflix, Warner Bros., Paramount, Jared Kushner, and Saudi Arabia?

My reaction to @goodworkmb's timely skit about movie mega-mergers.

Trump is blatantly weaponizing the justice system to attack his political enemies while handing out pardons to his crooked allies and those who will commit violence on his behalf. So much for “law and order.” [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich]

The cruel irony of Republicans voting down ACA subsidies is that it will end up hurting Trump voters the most.

57% of ACA Marketplace enrollees live in congressional districts represented by a Republican.

They're selling out their own voters.

Next year, Americans are expected to see the biggest jump in health insurance costs in 15 years.

Still not sure we need Medicare for All?

I recently had an interesting conversation with my doctor...

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/what-my-doctor-told-me-and-how-i