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America’s billionaires are giving to charity – but much of it is self-serving rubbish Robert Reich Well-publicized philanthropy shows how afraid the super-rich are of a larger social safety net – and higher taxes Jeff Bezos’s $100m donation, for example, amounts to about 11 days of his income. Photograph: Katherine Taylor/Reuters As millions of jobless Americans […] More
To Donald Trump, coronavirus is just one more chance for a power grab Robert Reich Chaos in response to Covid-19 is no surprise. Nor is the unscrupulous operators’ pursuit of profit and political advantage Coronavirus – latest US updates Coronavirus – latest global updates See all our coronavirus coverage Donald Trump speaks at the White […] More
Ignore the bankers – the Trump economy is not worth more coronavirus deaths Robert Reich CEOs, billionaires and advisers have the president’s ear and want people back to work. They are callous – and wrong US coronavirus outbreak: live Global coronavirus outbreak: live Read all our coronavirus coverage Defense Secretary Mark Esper and President Donald […] More
Facing existential challenges, we must spend heavily on a Green New Deal, Medicare for All and similar plans In Wednesday night’s Democratic debate, the former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg charged that the Vermont senator Bernie Sanders’ policy proposals would cost $50tn. Holy Indiana. Related: Wisconsin’s dairy farmers see bleak future for ‘America’s Dairyland’ Continue […] More
If the choice comes down to tyrant or oligarch, we must choose the latter. But our democracy would still be in peril We haven’t seen his name on any of the ballots in the first four states, but that’s about to change. I’m talking, of course, about multibillionaire presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg. Bloomberg has a […] More
The Guardian view on Trump’s impeachment trial: the perils of outrageous immunity Editorial In looking the other way over the president’s corruption and lawbreaking, the Republican party has offered up its soul in exchange for power ‘By Wednesday Mr Trump will have defied justice. He will then be free to continue his campaign of grievance […] More
Why Democrats share the blame for the rise of Donald Trump Robert Reich I was part of a Democratic administration that failed to fix a rigged system – I know our current president is a symptom of our disunion, not its only cause Donald Trump speaks in Des Moines, Iowa. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty […] More
Opinion Donald Trump Of course Donald Trump is a racist – and his Wall Street enablers know it Robert Reich Jamie Dimon and other big-earning CEOs are bankrolling the Republican assault on America. They must work to stop it Donald Trump greets business leaders beside president and CEO of JP Morgan Jamie Dimon, at the […] More
