Voices of the People: Political Participation Impacts Health of the Nation
Political participation, in all the ways it is practiced, is critical to the health of a nation. Despite grumblings about the political process and the disappointing performance of recent years, the right to vote is the cornerstone of democracy. A l...
Cabinet Meetings
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich reveals that, while there were "relatively few" Cabinet meetings in the Clinton White House, there were a lot of what he calls "sub-cabinet meetings." "That is," Secretary Reich explain...
Education and Training
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich argues that we don't have to chose between the low unemployment but frequently low wages of the American system, and a European system with wage rigidity that prevents wages from going ...
Voices of the People: Social Stratification of Political Participation
The poor and minorities in the U.S., even some affluent members of the middle class feel alienated from the political system. Unlike other democracies, lower income people are dropping out of the electorate in the U. S. This not only affects the kin...
American Heritage: Government of the People
The American political system must respond to competing interests that result from the nation's size, diversity and economic complexity, and yet it remains the most stable, continuous political system in the world As Robert Reich cautions, we must n...
American Workforce, The
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about the economic successes and failures of the 1990's. "The good news is that, throughout the 1990's...the rate of unemployment dropped and a lot of new jobs were added to the A...
Being Secretary of Labor
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich reflects on his service as Secretary of Labor in the Clinton administration. "It was the best job I ever had, it's the best job I ever will have. It was harrowing, it was scary...But it...
Conflicts and Frustrations
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about some of the challenges that come with the job of being a Cabinet department Secretary. One of these is trying to reduce government costs while, at the same time, implementin...
Face Time With the President
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about the "...enormous competition in any White House, in any administration, for the President's attention." Secretary Reich says that, for the most part, he went through what he...
The Nation's Welfare: Countering the Transmission of Poverty from Generation to Generation
"Poverty," says Joel Handler, "is the biggest predictor of all the things we ascribe to welfare": poor school performance, poor health, poor employment prospects. The focus is on "punishing the adult and we are not paying attention to the consequenc...