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Populism
February 17, 2020
Magazine
John Ganz
Finding Neverland
The American right’s doomed quest to rid itself of Trumpism
August 30, 2019
Matt Ford
The Great Lie of the Right-Wing Populists
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson rely on weaknesses in the system to enact promises which aren't popular.
August 23, 2019
Magazine
John Patrick Leary
There’s No Such Thing as a “Populist”
How political pundits have abused the word into meaninglessness
May 28, 2019
Siddhartha Deb
India’s Chilling Lesson for the Left
Narendra Modi has been reelected. In part, that's because Indian leftists, like American leftists, have been trying to imitate right-wingers rather than countering them.
April 22, 2019
Magazine
Christopher Caldwell
The People’s Emergency
France’s gilets jaunes protests are the latest Western uprising against rule by technocratic insiders.
December 14, 2018
Alexander Hurst
Escape From the Trump Cult
Millions of Americans are blindly devoted to their Dear Leader. What will it take for them to snap out of it?
November 13, 2018
Matthew Luxmoore
Celebrating Independence Day With Poland’s Far Right
Warsaw tried to shut down the event. It didn't work.
June 25, 2018
Josephine Huetlin
Why Do Populists Frequently Get Away With Corruption?
A case study from Europe, with lessons for the United States.
June 18, 2018
Steven Cohen
Why Colombia Keeps Electing Presidents Tied to Murderers
To understand the Iván Duque Márquez victory this weekend, you need to understand the man behind him: former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez.
May 18, 2018
Sarah Jones
The Myth of Trump’s Populist Revolt
A new book, endorsed by the president, reveals the fictions his supporters tell themselves.
March 19, 2018
Magazine
Samuel Moyn
Hype for the Best
Why does Steven Pinker insist that human life is on the up?
February 21, 2018
David Adler
Right-Wing Populism Can’t Fix Globalization
How yesterday’s champions of economic nationalism became today’s servants of the global elite
February 13, 2018
Jeet Heer
The Populist Realignment That Never Came
Trump's budget proposal extinguishes any remaining hope that he might reshape the Republicans' economic agenda.
January 8, 2018
Michael Kimmage
What Happened to the European Union?
William Drozdiak's new book charts the tensions that have divided a continent.
December 18, 2017
Alex Shephard
The End of Economic Nationalism
The Alabama Senate race and the tax bill represent the death throes of what was billed as a new path for the Republican Party.
September 22, 2017
Jeet Heer
David Brooks still can’t see how central racism is to right-wing populism.
June 27, 2017
Magazine
Kyle Chayka
Nowhere Mag
Can Monocle's globalist chic survive in an age of populism?
June 24, 2017
Alex Shephard
How Culture Became the Main Fault Line in American Politics
In an interview, political scientist Lee Drutman explains how economic issues took a backseat in the 2016 election.
April 4, 2017
Noah Berlatsky
Bernie Sanders’s Misguided Attacks on the “Liberal Elite”
Rather than highlighting class differences, the phrase beclouds them.
March 16, 2017
Magazine
Alexander Zaitchik
Trump and Warren Are on a Collision Course
Why is a so-called populist trying to dismantle America's most effective consumer watchdog?
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