The great sleeping giant of America has awakened | Robert Reich
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Key context: <p>The real question in my mind is whether Democrats will take advantage of the new age of populism</p><p>The great sleeping giant of the US has awakened, taken a hard look at what’s become of the nation, and roared a thunderous “NO!”</p><p>What occurred on Tuesday was not – as some are saying – the inevitable midterm swing of the pendulum against the party in power. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/texas">Texas</a> hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988. The last time <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/kansas">Kansas</a> elected a Democratic senator was 1932.</p><p>Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at <a href="http://robertreich.substack.com/">robertreich.substack.com</a>. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/763803/coming-up-short-by-robert-b-reich/">out now in the US</a> and <a href="https://www.guardianbookshop.com/coming-up-short-9781917189606/?utm_source=editoriallink&utm_medium=merch&utm_campaign=article">in the UK</a></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/nov/04/democrats-elected-us-awakening">Continue reading...</a> This development from The Guardian highlights ongoing changes in the sector.
The real question in my mind is whether Democrats will take advantage of the new age of populismThe great sleeping giant of the US has awakened, taken a hard look at what’s become of the nation, and roared a thunderous “NO!”What occurred on Tuesday was not – as some are saying – the inevitable midterm swing of the pendulum against the party in power. Texas hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1988. The last time Kansas elected a Democratic senator was 1932.Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is a professor of public policy emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a Guardian US columnist and his newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com. His new book, Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America, is out now in the US and in the UK Continue reading...
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