What Story Do Americans Want to Hear?
June 15, 2020
Rogers M. Smith— Political figures on all sides decry “fake news” today. But politics has always been driven more by stories than facts. As different as they are in all… READ MORE
Tag: populism
Trump, Sanders, and the Historical Mantle of “Populism”
March 26, 2020
Gregg Cantrell— In the current American election campaign, the headlines invoking “populism” just keep coming. “Trump and Sanders lead competing populist movements, reshaping American politics,” trumpets a typical piece from… READ MORE
The New Populism
March 25, 2020
William A. Galston— Because populism embraces the republican principle of popular sovereignty, it faces the question inherent in this principle: Who are the people? Historically, right-leaning populists have emphasized shared… READ MORE
Recent Posts
-
How Cold War Liberals Changed Liberalism for the Worse
- How I Designed a Book That Looks Like Money
- Abolitionism and Environmental Justice: Lessons from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century
- More Elections, Less Democracy
- We’re Still Thinking About the Roman Empire
- The Imperial Origins of Big Data
- Ep. 138 – Around the World in Public Art