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Populism

Portuguese Prime Minister and Secretary general of Socialist Party Antonio Costa

Socialists Win in Portugal in Rebuke to Far-Right Populism

The center-right Social Democratic Party had its worst result in over three decades.

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

Boris Johnson preparing for his speech to Conservative Party Conference 2019. (Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire/PA Images)

This "Strong Man" Populism Is Alarmingly Familiar to People Here Fleeing Human Rights Abuses

The Trump and Johnson administrations’ attacks on the judiciary and lawmakers are part of a broader rise of authoritarianism, and must be seen alongside shocking recently unearthed comments about the use of torture.

Sonya Sceats ·

Evidence from the United States, Brazil, Japan, and Sweden does indicate that, as income inequality increases, so does the suicide rate. (Photo: Florian Gaertner/Photothek via Getty Images)

Why Is America’s Suicide Epidemic Hitting Trump’s Base So Hard?

The death(s) of the working class in the age of Trump

Rajan Menon ·

This line of Centrist critique is quite revealing. It perpetuates a prevailing discourse that progressives exist at the political extreme and therefore would like to further split the nation into warring camps. (Photo by Mark Makela/Getty Images)

The Divisive Center vs. The Unifying Left

Bernie Sanders did more than just win the Fox News Town Hall, he revealed a different way of bringing the country together

Peter Bloom ·

Abolishing the Electoral College would level the playing field. It would ensure that people, not parties or mechanisms, determine who leads the country. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Abolish the Electoral College, Empower the People

Republicans don't respect Americans enough to let them pick their own president

Robert P. Alvarez ·

Zuzana Čaputová

"Erin Brockovich of Slovakia" Elected Nation's First Female President

Win by anti-corruption campaigner and lawyer seen as win for pro-European Union forces

Andrea Germanos, staff writer ·

People are envisioning, electing and beginning to enact a true progressive agenda to advance our nation's democratic ideals of economic fairness, social justice and equal opportunity for all. (Photo: Campaign for America's Future )

It's Not Socialism; It's What the People Want

Far from socialism, this is democratic populism, reversing decades of government policies that take from the many to give to the wealthy few

Jim Hightower ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), former Rep. Beto O'Rourke (D-Texas), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), and former vice president Joe Biden. (Photo: Screenshot)

Democrats Need to Think Big for 2020

We need a true populist, someone who is able to detail how Trump has betrayed the very workers he claims to serve

Robert Borosage ·

Our task is to keep doing what brought us this far: organizing, harmonizing and mobilizing.(Photo: Screenshot)

Push, Push, Push: How Movements Succeed

Push on we must, for it's the only way We the People have ever made progress toward the democratic society we seek

Jim Hightower ·

Progressive Populists account for 44.6 percent of the electorate according to this study. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

What Swings the Swing Voter?

Today,  a similar common denominator unites every identity group with every economic populist: All have much to gain from policies that address rising inequality

Les Leopold ·