Editing Robert Reich (section)

== Personal life ==
Reich married British-born lawyer Clare Dalton in [[Cambridge]], UK, in 1973;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=CxU2MlJF9DsyOJcSKv049w&scan=1|title=Index entry|access-date=11 November 2020|work=FreeBMD|publisher=ONS}}</ref> they divorced in 2012.<ref name="ADAMREICH" /> During their marriage, the couple had two sons: [[Sam Reich|Sam]], CEO and owner of [[Dropout (media company)|Dropout]] (previously known as [[CollegeHumor]]), and Adam, a sociology professor at [[Columbia University]].<ref name="ADAMREICH">{{cite web|last=Reich|first=Adam|date=November 2, 2013|title=Will You Help My Parents Get Divorced on Google?|url=https://adamreich.org/2013/11/02/will-you-help-my-parents-get-divorced-on-google/|access-date=July 29, 2018|work=adamreich.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=David Usborne|date=June 12, 1994|title=Profile: Small guy, big deal: Robert Reich: Can this man get the West to work again? David Usborne on an economist with charisma |department=Voices|work=The Independent|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/profile-small-guy-big-deal-robert-reich-can-this-man-get-the-west-to-work-again-david-usborne-on-an-economist-with-charisma-1422047.html|access-date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> Reich  subsequently married photographer Perian Flaherty.

Reich was born with [[multiple epiphyseal dysplasia]], a form of [[dwarfism]] also known as "Fairbank's disease" and stands 4 feet 11 inches tall, an issue he publicly addressed in a July 2023 Blog post titled "Why I'm So Short".<ref name="ROBERTREICH">{{cite web |last=Reich |first=Robert |date=July 11, 2023 |title=Why I'm So Short |url=https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-im-so-short |access-date=April 27, 2024 |work=robertreich.substack.com}}</ref>

In 2020, Reich wrote letters to the City of Berkeley Landmarks Preservation Commission objecting to the construction of ten housing units (including one low-income unit) on a lot near Reich's home.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Reich|first=Robert|date=July 22, 2020|title=Email from Robert Reich to Fatema Crane|url=https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Planning_and_Development/Level_3_-_LPC/2020-08-06_LPC_ATT%204_1915%20Berryman_Correspondence%20Received.pdf|access-date=October 3, 2020|website=City of Berkeley|archive-date=June 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618233012/https://www.cityofberkeley.info/uploadedFiles/Planning_and_Development/Level_3_-_LPC/2020-08-06_LPC_ATT%204_1915%20Berryman_Correspondence%20Received.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Yelimeli |first=Supriya |date=2020-08-07 |title=Landmarking fails for 130-year-old Berkeley house in passionate debate over housing, history |url=http://www.berkeleyside.org/2020/08/07/landmarking-fails-for-130-year-old-berkeley-house-in-passionate-debate-over-housing-and-history |website=Berkeleyside |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-02-24 |title=The US city that pioneered NIMBY zoning has finally abandoned it |url=https://qz.com/1976751/berkeley-ends-a-century-of-housing-segregation |website=Quartz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fernholz |first1=Tim |title=The US city that pioneered NIMBY zoning has finally abandoned it |url=https://www.berkeleyside.org/2020/08/07/landmarking-fails-for-130-year-old-berkeley-house-in-passionate-debate-over-housing-and-history |access-date=27 December 2024 |date=24 February 2021}}</ref>

In 2023, Reich appeared in a cameo role in "Dropout America 2", the first episode of the 6th season of [[Dropout (media company)|Dropout]]'s ''Breaking News'', providing a fictional account of his son Sam's life.<ref>{{Citation |title=Dropout America 2 |work=Breaking News Network |url=https://www.dropout.tv/videos/dropout-america-2 |access-date=11 April 2024 |publisher=CH Media |language=en}}{{cbignore}}</ref>