Populism

Trump War Protest Bethesda

Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt? Will Our Endless Wars Fuel the Next Populist Revolt?

The lives lost and money wasted are real. The only question is who has the courage to state that the emperor has no clothes.

Jan 16, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Sebastian Kurz and Heinz-Christian Strache

The Far Right Is Now in Power in Austria The Far Right Is Now in Power in Austria

The new governing coalition includes the Freedom Party, which has deep roots in the country’s Nazi past.

Dec 29, 2017 / Jordan Stancil

Viktor Orban poster

Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia. Who Could Have Predicted Trump? Poland, and Hungary, and Slovakia.

After the Cold War, right-wing populists surged to power by exploiting economic uncertainty.

Dec 5, 2017 / John Feffer

Donald Trump

Donald Trump Is Guaranteed to Betray His Base Donald Trump Is Guaranteed to Betray His Base

And the real question is: How will his voters respond?

Nov 28, 2017 / Rajan Menon

Phil Murphy

Democrats Will Need More Than Resistance to Govern Democrats Will Need More Than Resistance to Govern

And that means running candidates who do more than oppose Trump.

Nov 15, 2017 / Robert L. Borosage

Charles Schumer

Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson? There’s Reason for Hope. Have Democrats Learned Their Lesson? There’s Reason for Hope.

Democrats will have to work harder to establish a clear, compelling vision of what they are for beyond opposition to Trump.

Nov 7, 2017 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Democracy With a Cynically Populist Face

Democracy With a Cynically Populist Face Democracy With a Cynically Populist Face

Sebastian Kurz and the new Austrian politics.

Nov 2, 2017 / Paweł Marczewski

Austrian Freedom Party

Is Europe’s Far Right Stoppable? Is Europe’s Far Right Stoppable?

The mainstream’s analysis of the phenomenon is deeply flawed, and its responses only exacerbate the problem.

Nov 1, 2017 / Paul Hockenos

What Killed the Democratic Party?

What Killed the Democratic Party? What Killed the Democratic Party?

A new report offers a bracing autopsy of the 2016 election—and lays out a plan for revitalization.

Oct 30, 2017 / Feature / William Greider

US Constitution

Is the Republican Party a Threat to the Constitution? Is the Republican Party a Threat to the Constitution?

Only the GOP can save (or destroy) democracy in America.

Oct 4, 2017 / Aziz Huq

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