How did we arrive in this Twilight Zone, in which the norms of public discourse appear to have broken down — this alternate universe in which brazen lies and grotesque spectacles of incivility feel like the new normal?
Singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran recently announced he had quit Twitter because he was sick of internet trolls.
Civilizations emerge and evolve when they are governed by a creative minority that inspires the people. In turn, civilizations enter decline when the dominant minority prefers to follow a status quo of power rule...
- By Robert Reich
Last Wednesday, on the eve of his election to the House of Representatives, Montana Republican Greg Gianforte beat up Ben Jacobs, a reporter for the “Guardian" newspaper.
In February 2017, more than 100 gravestones were vandalized at the Chesed Shel Emeth Society Cemetery outside of St. Louis, Missouri and at the Jewish Mount Carmel Cemetery in Philadelphia.
It will probably come as little surprise that recent surveys have found the majority of adults in Europe think that international terrorism is the most pressing threat to the continent.
Political polarization is largest for demographic groups in which individuals are least likely to use the internet and social media, new research shows.
- By Robert Reich
I spent much of this past week in Washington – talking with friends still in government, former colleagues, high-ranking Democrats
- By Robert Reich
The theme that unites all of Trump’s initiatives so far is their unnecessary cruelty.
Fake news is not news – that is, it is not in fact news, and the matter of fake news is not a recent revelation.
A colleague recently asked me how I would define “Trumpism”. Where do you start? Is it a new political ideology, or a revival of dangerous old populisms?
Rural people and issues generally receive little attention from the urban-centric media and policy elites.
President Donald Trump has shown a unique ability to use Twitter as a way to connect directly with his followers.
- By Robert Reich
With congressional Republicans in the majority in Congress and unwilling to cross Donald Trump, the job of containing Trump’s incipient tyranny falls to three centers of independent power
Recent reports indicate that Trump administration officials have circulated plans to defund the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA), putting this agency on the chopping block – again.
Life goes on for the parents who drop off their children at homework club, or those rushing in late for embroidery class.
If music historians, not critics, chose which acts to induct into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the selections would likely differ, says Richard Aquila. They might even include Pat Boone.
The papers and social media are today full of claims of fake news; back and forth the accusations fly that one side of the political divide in the US has been filling the world with lies in order to discredit the other.
As the Senate hearings for Jeff Sessions’ nomination as attorney general ran into their second day, I kept thinking about the movie Hidden Figures, which my wife Judith and I saw three days earlier.
For generations, many have worked towards the quintessential American Dream, in both the idealistic and materialistic senses.
The nonpartisan model of journalism is built around the norm of covering politics as though both parties are equally guilty of all offenses.
Experiencing record high or low temperatures affects people’s stated belief in climate change, new research finds.
On December 31 1937, Cambridge classicist and man of letters F L Lucas embarked on an experiment. He would keep a diary for exactly one calendar year.