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Populism
November 17, 2016
Alex Shephard
Are Democrats Over-Learning the Lessons of Trump’s Victory?
The new conventional wisdom is that Democrats need to woo white working class voters who have been hurt by globalization. Not so fast, some say.
November 2, 2016
K. Sabeel Rahman
The Way Forward for Progressives
There is no going back to business as usual once the 2016 election is over. Here’s what a transformative progressivism looks like.
September 19, 2016
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John B. Judis
All the Rage
Sanders and Trump represent two different sides of American populism—and the uprisings they sparked could topple the established political order.
August 2, 2016
Bill Scher
The Left Is Helping Donald Trump Give Populism a Bad Name
Instead of praising Trump’s working class bona fides, progressives need to expose him as an ideological fraud.
May 9, 2016
David Dayen
Donald Trump’s Finance Chair Is the Anti-Populist From Hell
Steve Mnuchin specialized in fraudulent foreclosures during the heart of the Great Recession. Power to the people.
January 6, 2016
Elizabeth Bruenig
Why Do We Keep Comparing Trump and Sanders?
Their politics are poles apart. But they're stirring similar emotions among alienated voters and anxious establishmentarians.
August 24, 2015
Jeet Heer
Donald Trump Is Not a Populist. He's the Voice of Aggrieved Privilege.
April 30, 2015
Suzy Khimm
“Progressives Have Some Catching Up to Do”
Inside activists' plan to re-stock the left's weak bench
November 12, 2014
Noam Scheiber
The Big Question Democrats Need to Ask Themselves Before They Nominate Hillary
June 12, 2014
Alec MacGillis
Dave Brat's Win Over Eric Cantor Exposed the Unholy Tea Party-Wall Street Alliance
June 11, 2014
John B. Judis
Dave Brat and the Triumph of Rightwing Populism
June 3, 2014
John B. Judis
The Last Time Fatcats Tanked the Economy, the Backlash Was Huge. Why Didn't That Happen This Time?
Explaining the power of 21st century plutocracy
January 13, 2014
Nancy L. Cohen
Step Aside, New York City. Los Angeles's Populism Is for Real.
City to consider the highest minimum wage in the country
January 13, 2014
Noam Scheiber
Here Comes the Anti-Government Left
Why Elizabeth Warren is more radical than Bill de Blasio—and has more national appeal, too
December 16, 2013
Noam Scheiber
The Question at the Heart of the Democratic Schism
Should the burden of proof be on reformers—or on vested interests?
December 16, 2013
Neera Tanden
Washington 'Centrists' Don't Want Obama to Target Inequality. They're Pushing Bad Politics—And Bad Economics
October 28, 2013
John B. Judis
Right-wing Populism Could Hobble America for Decades
The tea party is going down. Dysfunction is not.
March 4, 2013
John B. Judis
Throw the Bums Out!
The populist moment in Europe and the United States
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