Christie vs. Cuomo: Trickle-down vs. middle-out economics
Both 2016 presidential hopefuls fancy themselves populists, but only one supports raising minimum wage
Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 5:18 PM UTCPolitics Next New Deal, Chris Christie
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Why do the Republicans nominate blue bloods?
The potent combination of Jacksonian populism and old money oligarchy
Tuesday, Jan 17, 2012 8:00 PM UTC 109Politics 2012 Elections, Populism
Ron Paul’s phony populism
The libertarian presidential candidate is a true friend of the 1 percent
Tuesday, Nov 29, 2011 1:00 PM UTC 827News Ron Paul, 2012 Elections
Nobody represents the American people
No matter which party runs Washington, only minor, marginal reforms ever take place
Tuesday, Dec 7, 2010 12:01 PM UTC 77Politics Populism, War Room, Tea Parties
Where are the peasants with pitchforks?
Republicans embrace populism but fight statism, while Democrats champion statism but fear populism
Tuesday, Oct 26, 2010 3:01 PM UTC 62All Salon Populism
David Broder’s helpful advice for the Tea Parties
The most moderate, sensible political journalist alive tells the raging white populists to stop being so angry
Monday, Jul 12, 2010 2:30 PM UTC 53Politics Tea Parties, Populism
Our incredible shrinking democracy
Big decisions that the majority's supposed to make are happening instead behind closed doors
Wednesday, Feb 3, 2010 2:04 PM UTC 11All Salon Campaign Finance, Ben Bernanke
Obama’s populist pose
What the president needs to do to prove his newfound populism is more than just a one-day P.R. stunt
Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 1:26 AM UTC 32All Salon Populism, Bank Reform
Can populism be liberal?
The GOP has owned it since Nixon. Democrats would have to return to the New Deal to recapture it
Tuesday, Nov 24, 2009 1:05 AM UTC 72All Salon Populism, 2010 Elections
Poor, poor, plutocrats
Wall Street's mad and just not going to take it anymore!
Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009 2:21 PM UTC 72Politics Globalization
Are you too dumb to vote?
Sure, ignorance is rampant among the American electorate, as Rick Shenkman argues. But without The People, there would be no Democracy as we know it.
Thursday, Jun 5, 2008 10:32 AM UTC 126Entertainment 2008 Elections, Populism, Books
The secret to Mike Huckabee’s success
With his meteoric rise in Iowa, the aw-shucks former governor has an unlikely strategic doppelg
Friday, Dec 21, 2007 1:12 PM UTC 49News 2008 Elections, John Edwards
God’s demagogue
Rabble-rousing Christian, harsh critic of Big Money, champion of the working man, William Jennings Bryan was the original American populist -- and politicians from Wallace to Clinton to George W. Bush are his grandchildren.
Wednesday, Mar 1, 2006 12:57 PM UTC 18Entertainment Populism, Books
David Brooks, champion of the people?
The right-wing columnist used my work to bash Dean and MoveOn as elitists -- conveniently ignoring the big-money interests that pull the GOP's strings.
Tuesday, Feb 8, 2005 3:43 PM UTCAll Salon Howard Dean, Republican Party
How the Democrats lost the heartland
Thomas Frank talks about why Middle America, once a bastion of left-wing populism, has become red-state Republican.
Monday, Jun 28, 2004 11:21 PM UTCEntertainment Republican Party
How Kerry could beat Bush
To close the sale with the public, the Democratic front-runner should can the populist rhetoric and talk to Americans about an "opportunity society."
Tuesday, Feb 3, 2004 12:09 AM UTCAll Salon 2004 Elections
The politics of populism
In this year's most competitive Senate races, suddenly everyone's a populist.
Tuesday, Sep 24, 2002 10:16 PM UTCPolitics U.S. Senate, Populism, Texas
The coming populist revolution?
In the wake of corporate America's woes, who will tap into the American people's sense of outrage?
Monday, Aug 19, 2002 8:52 PM UTCPolitics Enron, Populism, AOL
Clueless in Seattle
The real legacy of the WTO protests is a rising tide of populism -- try telling that to politicians swapping platitudes on global trade.
Friday, Dec 10, 1999 12:00 PM UTCNews Populism
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