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April 8, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
RFK Jr. Adviser Makes Shocking Admission about Campaign’s True Goal
The goal isn’t actually to become president.
April 5, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Makes Most Dangerous Comment on January 6 Yet
The independent presidential candidate claimed the attack was not a “true insurrection.”
April 4, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
No Labels Pulls Out of 2024 Election for the Funniest Reason Ever
No Labels? More like No Candidates!
March 25, 2024
Tori Otten
Sick of Biden and Trump? This Candidate Is for You
An independent candidate in Texas legally changed his name to “Literally Anybody Else.”
October 13, 2021
Natalie Shure
Andrew Yang’s Vapid Third-Party Vision
The political gadfly’s latest project, the Forward Party, is designed to leverage buzzwords in the service of cementing his place in the Thought Leader Extended Universe.
November 2, 2020
Kevin Mahnken
The Libertarian Moment That Never Comes
Every four years, the party mounts a hopeless bid for president. But this year, with nominee Jo Jorgensen, there’s even less hope than usual.
February 2, 2018
Micah L. Sifry
Why America Is Stuck With Only Two Parties
If the United States ever gets a major new political party, it won’t be built by think tank denizens.
May 3, 2016
Brian Beutler
Why So Many Political Journalists Don’t Get Politics
The media's third-party delusion stems from an intentional refusal to grapple with the country's ideological traditions.
March 4, 2013
John B. Judis
Throw the Bums Out!
The populist moment in Europe and the United States
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