Democrats have retained the US Senate. American voters have opted for stability | Robert Reich

After years of tempest and tumult, most of us want a competent government that acts reasonably and carefully

Democrats will retain control of the US Senate, and maybe even the House.

There was no red wave. But there was no blue wave, either.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com