Making the far-left assemblyman mayor of New York is like electing Senator Sanders president — maybe even worse.

Furthermore, post-2016, populism has been transformed into a euphemism for tyrannical or authoritarian regimes, as well as fascism, and any politics that are anti-democratic or violate human rights.

But populism has failed us before, and it will fail us again. Instead, let’s rediscover the principles that made our democracy strong in the first place. Let’s choose pluralism.

American politics’ great irony is that Democrats hold populism in contempt. Definitionally, historically, and rhetorically, Democrats drape themselves in “the people.” Yet somehow, populism ...

Populism is a political mindset that elevates “the people” over “the elite.” It is anti-big-corporations, anti-government, anti-mainstream-media, anti-internationalism, anti-cultural ...

A populist wave began rising in the middle of the past decade, transforming politics in the United States and other advanced industrial democracies. And that wave has yet to run its course; if you ...

In 2016, support for populism erupted across the United States of America and catapulted Donald Trump into the Office of President. Furthermore, despite his defeat in 2020, Trump has returned as ...

On the left, populists attack economic and financial elites for plundering the country at the expense of the local working population. Left-wing populism is mainly a story of the mid-twentieth century ...

Cenk Uygur visits SiriusXM Studios on September 21, 2023, in New York City. Uygur called for a "populist revolt" against Democratic leaders at conservative group Turning Point USA's "AmericaFest ...

WASHINGTON – It’s no secret President-elect Donald Trump likes populist leaders – often praising them for breaking norms and ...

American politics resembles a three-way scrum. An institutional center, dominated by a guardian class of elites, who manage pretty much everything in modern society, faces persistent assaults from the ...

The rise of the Populist International and its Scottish Potential We might be tempted to dismiss populism as the knee-jerk reaction of those who have been ‘left behind’ ...