Archive - The UnPopulist

The False Economic Promise of Populism: A Conversation with Rachel Kleinfeld

Populists rely on big promises and false premises to sell their methods to citizens—the outcome is rarely a happy ending

Apr 14 •

Aaron Ross Powell

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What’s the Real Threat to Campus Free Speech?

It isn’t "woke" faculty or students—it’s the administrative state's expansion of Title IX

Apr 12 •

Francis Fukuyama

The Right’s Bogus Claims about Noncitizen Voting Fraud

Trump, Musk, and Vance’s baseless accusations undermine public confidence in American elections and are dangerous

Apr 11 •

How Are Some of the Right-Wing Groups Powering MAGA Doing? An Update

Moms for Liberty is sinking and the Bull Moose Project is soaring

Apr 9 •

Robert Tracinski

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Does Populism Mean the Death of an Adversarial Media? A Conversation with Matt Yglesias

The popular blogger discusses how technological and political changes are affecting this key liberal institution's ability to hold leaders accountable

Apr 7 •

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Berny Belvedere

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Javier Milei: An Illiberal Libertarian?

The Argentine president’s socially conservative populism might trump his free market economics

Apr 5 •

The Faithless Are the More Reliable Liberals

Enlightenment rationalists who rejected revealed dogma in favor of scientific inquiry paved the way for open, tolerant societies

Apr 3 •

Robert Tracinski

The Right Can't Love America Because it Hates Liberalism

That's why it is throwing in its lot with Putin and other authoritarians abroad

Apr 1 •

March 2024

Why Are the Finns So Damn "Happy"?

What Nordic liberalism can teach other countries about fostering a worry-free people

Mar 30 •

Biden vs. Trump Is the Rematch that America Wants

Voters deserve more blame than the system for this dismal contest

Mar 28 •

The Right's Infatuation With Fascist Strongmen Is Nothing New

Jacob Heilbrunn's book excavates the authoritarian intellectual roots of Trump's MAGA movement

Mar 26 •

A Healthy Social Media Might Need Bottom-Up Moderation: A Conversation with Renée DiResta

How can we build online communities that both respect freedom of speech and promote positive dialogue?

Mar 23 •

Aaron Ross Powell

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