Once upon a time, Democrats were the party of populism. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in accepting his renomination for the presidency in 1936, famously said of the wealthy and business interests ...
Populism is, at best, a loosely defined term—more impulsive than principled. Its practitioners find solace in both the political left (Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) and right ...
Former President Trump is leaning into a mix of populism, aggression and outright crudeness in the final stretch of the election campaign — and it might work. Trump appears to believe that the ...
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With Trump in the White House, a key challenge for Europe will be the growing transatlantic illiberal ties which risk ...
When administrative incompetence mixes with political partisanship, as has happened here, then another kind of mud emerges: populism. In this catastrophe, those anti-government forces that have ...
Donald Trump is riding a populist revolt to a new Golden Age. He won a landslide victory Tuesday. He swept all of the swing states. He broke down the so-called “blue wall” of Wisconsin, Michigan, and ...
In the aftermath of riots – fuelled by misinformation and the far right – the debate about immigration, racism and social cohesion in the United Kingdom has returned to centre stage.
In the final stretch of the presidential campaign, both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are turning to popular lifestyle and comedy podcasts to woo different audiences. We were curious whether the ...
"I believe this because the USA has total influence in Ukraine," he said. Fico, who heads the populist and nationalist Smer Party, wants to reestablish ties with Russia. After Orbán left Moscow ...
Populist parties are on the rise in Germany as they are all over the world. What can open societies do to protect democracy? These elites are then cast the "enemies of the people" in a "them ...
Doing that would require embracing change, which is the last thing any politician beholden to populism wants to do. The best recent illustration is former President Donald Trump’s interview last ...