The Hidden Danger of America's Wealth Gap: Robert Reich 💰

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- Inequality Media, June 9, 2026. Description: taxing the rich is absolutely essential to saving our economy and our democracy. Don't believe me? Look at this chart. (3:42 mins).
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- Citizens United, Brennan Center for Justice -

🗞 Citizens United, Explained. The 2010 Supreme Court decision further tilted political influence toward wealthy donors and corporations.

The Supreme Court’s 2010 ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission is a controversial decision that reversed century-old campaign finance restrictions and enabled corporations and other outside groups to spend unlimited money on elections.
While wealthy donors, corporations, and special interest groups have long spent money on campaigns, their role has ballooned as a result of Citizens United & subsequent decisions, resulting in a fusion of private wealth & political power unseen since the late 19th century...
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/citizens-united-explained
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Wiki. - Robert Bernard Reich (b. June 24, 1946) is an American professor, author, lawyer, and political commentator. He worked in the administrations of presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, and he served as secretary of labor in the cabinet of President Bill Clinton from 1993 to 1997. He was also a member of President Barack Obama's economic transition advisory board.
In 2008, Time magazine named him one of the Ten Most Effective Cabinet Members of the century; in the same year The Wall Street Journal placed him 6th on its list of Most Influential Business Thinkers. Reich has also had a long teaching career...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Reich

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1. Reich's recent May 2026 article in Truthdig, 'Meet the Future of the Democratic Party,'

- 'Meet the Future of the Democratic Party.'
It's not Chuck Schumer or Rahm Emanuel.

As in 2016, the biggest force in American politics is antiestablishment rage. By Robert Reich, Truthdig, May 8, 2026.
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..Despite the Democratic establishment, a younger and more charismatic generation of populist and progressive Democrats is on the way to winning primaries and general election races across America.
If Graham Platner beats Republican Sen. Susan Collins in Maine, which seems likely, he’s the kind of candidate who (in my humble opinion) will be the future of the Democratic Party...

Full Article,
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/meet-the-future-of-the-democratic-party/