There is a crisis of public morality. Instead of policing bedrooms, we ought to be doing a better job policing boardrooms.
Robert Reich
What are called 'public schools' in many of America's wealthy communities aren't really 'public' at all. In effect... →
Public employees should have the right to bargain for better wages and working conditions, just like all employees do.
Public fear isn't something to be played with.
Public institutions are supported by all taxpayers and are available to all.
When times are tough, public employees should have to make the same sacrifices as everyone else.
A Democratic president should propose a major permanent tax reduction on the middle class and working class. I suspect most of the public would find... →
A society - any society - is defined as a set of mutual benefits and duties embodied most visibly in public institutions: public schools, public... →
As public schools deteriorate, the upper-middle class and wealthy send their kids to private ones. As public pools and playgrounds decay, the... →
Detroit is really a model for how wealthier and whiter Americans escape the costs of public goods they'd otherwise share with poorer and darker... →