Editing Robert Reich (section)

== After the Clinton administration ==
Reich became a professor at [[Brandeis University]], teaching courses for undergraduates as well as in the [[Heller School for Social Policy and Management]]. In 2003, he was elected the Professor of the Year by the undergraduate student body.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.source.php?sourceID=010214 |title=Biography, Robert Reich, JD, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley |date=September 1, 2010 |website=Pro to the question "Is the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) Good for America?" |publisher=ProCon.org |location=Santa Monica, CA |access-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-date=June 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170627033049/http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.source.php?sourceID=010214 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On January 1, 2006, Reich joined the faculty of UC Berkeley's [[Goldman School of Public Policy]]. Since then, he has taught a popular undergraduate course called Wealth and Poverty, in addition to his graduate courses.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/7345 |title=University of California – UC Newsroom &#124; Robert Reich to join School of Public Policy |publisher=Universityofcalifornia.edu |date=July 22, 2005 |access-date=May 26, 2012 |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629055329/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/7345 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Reich is also a member of the board of trustees for the Blum Center for Developing Economies at the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Maclay |first=Kathleen |url=http://berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/04/19_blum.shtml |title=4.19.2006 – Blum Center to develop sustainable solutions to issues facing world's poor |publisher=Berkeley.edu |date=April 19, 2006 |access-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref> The center is focused on finding solutions to address the crisis of extreme poverty and disease in the developing world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blumcenter.berkeley.edu |title=Blum Center for Developing Economies &#124; Real-World Solutions to Combat Poverty |publisher=Blumcenter.berkeley.edu |access-date=May 26, 2012}}</ref> In February 2017, Reich criticized UC Berkeley's decision to host Donald Trump supporter [[Milo Yiannopoulos]]. Following [[2017 Berkeley protests#February 1|protests on the Berkeley Campus]] Reich stated that although he didn't "want to add to the conspiratorial musings"<ref>{{cite news |last1=reich |first1=Robert |title=A Yiannopoulos, Bannon, Trump Plot to Control American Universities? |url=https://robertreich.org/post/156777888615 |newspaper=Tumblr}}</ref> he wouldn't rule out the possibility the "agitators" were a right-wing [[false flag]] for Trump to strip universities of federal funding.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Reich: Who Sent the Thugs to Berkeley? |url=https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-who-sent-thugs-berkeley-552577 |website=Newsweek|date=February 4, 2017 }}</ref>

===2002 campaign for Governor of Massachusetts===
{{See also|2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election#Democratic primary}}
[[2002 Massachusetts gubernatorial election|In 2002]], he ran for [[Governor of Massachusetts]], losing in the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] primary to [[Shannon O'Brien (Massachusetts politician)|Shannon O'Brien]]. He also published an associated campaign book, ''I'll Be Short''. Reich was the first US gubernatorial candidate to support [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-89871706/committed-to-equality-why-is-massachusetts-gubernatorial|title=Committed to Equality: Why Is Massachusetts Gubernatorial Candidate Robert Reich the Only Pro-Gay Politician to Officially Support Gay Marriage?|last=Dahir|first=Mubarak|magazine=[[The Advocate (LGBT magazine)|The Advocate]]|date=July 2002|page=15}}</ref> He also pledged support for [[abortion rights]] and strongly [[Capital punishment debate in the United States|condemned capital punishment]]. His campaign staff was largely made up of his Brandeis students. Although his campaign had little funding, he narrowly came in second out of six candidates in the Democratic primary with 25% of the vote;<ref>{{cite news |last=Belluck |first=Pam |date=September 18, 2002 |title=Massachusetts Democrats Pick Nominee For Governor |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/us/massachusetts-democrats-pick-nominee-for-governor.html |newspaper=New York Times |location=New York, NY}}</ref> O'Brien went on to lose the general election to future Republican presidential nominee [[Mitt Romney]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Viser |first=Matt |date=October 13, 2012 |title=Romney overcame similar deficit in '02 race: former Mass. governor capitalized on debates |url=http://archive.boston.com/news/politics/2012/10/01/romney-overcame-similar-deficit-race/eJh9cl9c8tUlYj8FfpR0YP/story.html |newspaper=Boston Globe |location=Boston, MA |access-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-date=February 14, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214181903/http://archive.boston.com/news/politics/2012/10/01/romney-overcame-similar-deficit-race/eJh9cl9c8tUlYj8FfpR0YP/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In early 2005, there was speculation that Reich would once again seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Massachusetts. He instead endorsed the then-little-known candidacy of [[Deval Patrick]], who had previously served as [[United States Assistant Attorney General|Assistant Attorney General]] for Civil Rights in the Clinton Administration. Patrick won the party's endorsement, a three-way primary with nearly 50% of the vote, and the general election in November 2006.

===Political commentary===
[[File:Robert Reich in 2004 (34015148453) (1).jpg|thumb|Reich in 2004]]

In 2004, Reich published ''[[Reason: Why Liberals Will Win the Battle for America]]''.

In addition to his professorial role, he was a weekly contributor to the [[American Public Media]] [[public radio]] program [[Marketplace (radio program)|Marketplace]], and a regular columnist for ''[[The American Prospect]]'', which he co-founded in 1990.<ref name=tap-about>{{cite web |url=http://www.prospect.org/cs/about_tap/our_mission |title=About Us |publisher=Prospect.org |access-date=May 26, 2012 |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007071928/http://prospect.org/cs/about_tap/our_mission |url-status=dead }}</ref> He has also frequently contributed to [[CNBC]]'s ''[[Kudlow & Company]]'' and ''[[On the Money (2013 TV series)|On the Money]]''.

In 2010, his weekly column was syndicated by [[Tribune Content Agency]].<ref name="tca">{{cite web |title=Robert Reich columns |url=https://tribunecontentagency.com/premium-content/opinion/independent/robert-reich/ |website=Tribune Content Agency |access-date=October 9, 2018}}</ref> Since at least the summer of 2016, Reich has contributed an opinion column to ''[[Newsweek]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-corrupt-state-so-much-worse-his-imaginary-deep-state-opinion-1445302|title=Trump's Corrupt State is so much worse than his imaginary Deep State {{!}} Opinion|date=June 21, 2019|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-trump-establishment-guy-478513|title=Robert Reich: Trump's the establishment guy|date=July 7, 2016|website=Newsweek|language=en|access-date=June 23, 2019}}</ref>

In 2013, he teamed up with filmmaker [[Jacob Kornbluth]] to produce the documentary ''[[Inequality for All]]'', based on his book ''Aftershock'' which won a Special Jury Award at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]. In 2017, he again teamed up with Jacob Kornbluth to produce the documentary ''Saving Capitalism'', based on his book of that name. [[Netflix]] chose the film to be a Netflix Original Documentary. In the documentary, Reich posits that large corporations began in the late 1960s to use financial power to purchase influence among the political class and consolidate political power, highlighting in particular the influence of the 2010 [[Citizens United v. FEC|Citizens United]] ruling that allowed corporations to contribute to election campaigns. In the documentary, he advocates for grassroots political mobilization among working class Americans to countervail the political power of corporate America.<ref>{{cite AV media | people=Kornbluth, Jacob; Gilman, Sari (Directors) | date=November 21, 2017 | title=Saving Capitalism | medium=Motion picture | location=USA}}</ref>

In 2022, Reich was featured in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' season finale "[[Poorhouse Rock]]", where he briefly explains the [[American middle class#Increasing inequality|economic decline of the American middle class]] during a musical sequence.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Homer Simpson vs. the economy : Planet Money |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102751823/homer-simpson-vs-the-economy |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=NPR.org |date=June 3, 2022 |language=en |last1=Smith |first1=Stacey Vanek }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title='The Simpsons' rails against capitalism |url=https://www.theintermountain.com/opinion/2022/05/the-simpsons-rails-against-capitalism/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=theintermountain.com |language=en-US}}</ref>