Americans have long embraced populist movements emphasizing the disconnect between elites and Main Street. Sometimes these movements lead to the White House; more often, they do not. The upside of ...

Some suggest populism has come out of nowhere, and is causing a major and unexpected shock to the system. But that’s simply ...

Sifting through 19th-century populist cartoons (a signature format considering the movement’s many illiterate followers) I find Sambo caricatures, and Jewish bankers portrayed as hooked-nosed ...

Then again, so does a term I spotted in a cartoon on the web site of Texas ... Lawrence Goodwyn in the definitive book on the populist movement, Democratic Promise, “was the belief in ...

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For starters, the bump extends to his populist competitors, particularly the Five Star Movement ... s educational mission with a heavy dose of cartoons, sports, soap operas, movies and other ...

GROWING PAINS — Donald Trump has supercharged the international right, serving as an inspiration to right-leaning populist movements across the globe. Yet Trump’s embrace of Russian President ...

The populist Five Star Movement has become Italy's biggest political opposition group. It doesn't consider itself left wing or right wing—or even a political "party." So what is the Five Star ...

Americans have long embraced populist movements emphasizing the disconnect between elites and Main Street. Sometimes these movements lead to the White House; more often, they do not. The upside of ...

Yet each of these policies is the brainchild of a leader who has been described as a “populist” - a political movement that has made rapid gains across the world. So what does populism mean?