Archive - The UnPopulist

Trump Politicizes the World Cup by Bullying FIFA Into Reinstating a US Player: An Executive Watch Roundup

Our early-July selection of the president’s latest and greatest assaults on the rule of law

2 hrs ago • Executive Watch

Keeping America a Republic—and the Greatest Country for Another 250 Years

Happy Fourth of July from The UnPopulist Staff

Jul 4 • Shikha Dalmia, Berny Belvedere, and Andy Craig

Dear Americans: 'Alter' Your Government to Keep Your Republic for Another 250 Years

The Declaration assigned you that job—take it seriously

Jul 3 • Andy Craig

There Is No Originalist Rationale for Denying Citizenship to the US Born

So the conservative dissenters on the Supreme Court ditched their own preferred approach in the recent birthright ruling

Jul 2 • Paul Gowder

Liberal Societies Need Grand Stories About Themselves

An interesting new book by a former Economist writer says that would jolt individuals out of their ennui

Jul 1 • Jonathan Rauch

The UnPopulist Live: Influential Legal Scholar Jed Shugerman Talks to Andy Craig About the Slaughter and Birthright Citizenship Rulings

Our June 30 conversation on the Supreme Court's rulings on presidential power and the 14th Amendment

Jul 1 • Andy Craig and Jed Shugerman

31:42

June 2026

Armenia Rejects Populism and Chooses Democracy Despite a Devastating Military Defeat

In fact, voters handed a mandate to the man who lost territory

Jun 29 • Alexander Kaffka

Trump Phone—Made In Everywhere But America: A Video Roundup

Our late-June collection of clips

Jun 28

The Unfortunate Necessity of Court Packing to Stop America’s Authoritarian Drift

A proposal to add justices without opening a cycle of mutually assured destruction

Jun 26 • Andy Craig

How the Internet Became a Tool for Domination and Control Instead of Liberation

Replacing human gatekeepers with algorithms backfired but fixes are possible

Jun 25 • Mike Masnick

Mindless Middleness Was Keir Starmer’s Undoing

The UK prime minister was forced out because he failed to offer his own vision and played on the right’s turf

Jun 23 • Berny Belvedere

Trump Has Not Turned Americans Against Immigrants: A Conversation with Greg Sargent

The administration’s cruelty has deeply disturbed the country, opening the door for reforms with more legal pathways

Jun 22 • Shikha Dalmia

58:01

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