There’s Hope for Republicans Yet

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jan 12, 2012 GOP candidates are embracing populism, but as the presidential election is now shaping up, voters will not be given a choice to rebuke Wall Street by either major party. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Populism of the Privileged

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 19, 2010 Both parties stand to lose if they accept the laughable notion that the media-created protest movement known as the tea party is the voice of true populism. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Dear Barack, Spare Me Your E-Mails

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 9, 2009 Obama’s faux populism is beginning to grate, and when yet another one of those “we the people” e-mails from the president landed on my screen as I was fishing around for a column subject, I came unglued. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Dutch Rightists Score in Elections

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2009 Exit polls show the notoriously anti-immigrant Dutch politician Geert Wilders gaining 15 percent of the vote and second place in elections for the European Parliament in the Netherlands -- even as he faces prosecution on charges of inciting hatred in his speeches. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

News Flash: Populism Is Popular

David Sirota / Truthdig Apr 24, 2009 Both parties are suddenly listening to "the people" instead of the Establishment. They know the political class, however offended, can no longer stop a voter backlash. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Populism Arising — but Will It Be the Killer Kind?

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Oct 27, 2008 The old assumptions and paradigms about capitalism and free markets are dead. A new, virulent populism, still inchoate, is slowly and painfully rising to take their place. This populism will determine the future of the country. It is as likely to be right-wing as left-wing. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Wellstone Would Be Smiling

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Feb 22, 2008 If you want to talk about candidates borrowing from each other, consider how much Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are taking on loan from the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, the affable populist killed in a plane crash shortly before the 2002 election. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )