Tag: populism

• Michael Sandel: ‘The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit’

  November 8, 2020

  Michael Sandel was 18 years old when he received his first significant lesson in the art of politics. The future philosopher was president of the student body at Palisades high… more ›

• Deep trends

  October 13, 2020

  The emergence of science as a robust and legitimate method of truth-seeking was not visible in real time to those directly responsible, nor to the people whose power would later… more ›

• One year inside Trump’s monumental Facebook campaign

  January 30, 2020

  A Guardian investigation of 218,100 ads reveals how the campaign’s sophisticated social media machine targets conservative voters by in San Francisco As the Democratic candidates for president spent 2019 battling… more ›

• William Barr, Trump’s Sword and Shield

  January 14, 2020

  Last October, Attorney General William Barr appeared at Notre Dame Law School to make a case for ideological warfare. Before an assembly of students and faculty, Barr claimed that the… more ›

• Meet the Intellectual Founder of Brazil’s Far Right

  December 30, 2019

  Olavo de Carvalho’s anger has inspired a number of Brazilian far-right politicians, the country’s president among them. Editor’s Note: This article is part of our “Democracy Undone” series about the… more ›

• Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Ray Dalio Says Global Economy Faces ‘Scary Situation’

  October 29, 2019

  Oct.29 — Billionaire hedge-fund founder Ray Dalio says the global economy is under threat from an explosive mix of ineffective monetary policy, a rise in the wealth gap and climate… more ›

• The Cruelty Is the Point

  October 27, 2019

  The Museum of African-American History and Culture is in part a catalog of cruelty. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/the-cruelty-is-the-point/572104/ more ›

• Populism is growing because more people than you think want chaos

  September 29, 2019

  At the heart of populism is the divide between the establishment and the people. Two new studies suggest that divide is deeper than we think. They find a substantial number… more ›

• ‘We’re at War’: A Covert Social Media Campaign Boosts Military Rulers

  September 8, 2019

  CAIRO — Days after Sudanese soldiers massacred pro-democracy demonstrators in Khartoum in June, an obscure digital marketing company in Cairo began deploying keyboard warriors to a second front: a covert… more ›

• What the Reactionary Politics of 2019 Owe to the Politics of Slavery

  August 19, 2019

  If you want to understand American politics in 2019 and the strain of reactionary extremism that has taken over the Republican Party, a good place to start is 2011: the… more ›