Patricia Roberts-Miller is the author of ‘Demagoguery and Democracy.’ The University of Texas at Austin professor of rhetoric breaks downs how demagogues succeed in destabilizing societies—and what that means for the United States.
Election 2020
Posted inWorking in America
The Lessons of the Culinary Union Health Care Fight
The scuffle in Nevada will look a lot like other fights with stakeholders in health care reform.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
From ‘We, the People’ to the Power of People Magazine
This year’s presidential campaigns demonstrate the steadily increasing integration of political figures into pop culture, and vice versa.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Five Ways Donald Trump Has Not Drained the Swamp
It seems like forever ago when Donald Trump promised to ‘drain the swamp’ if elected president. Well, it turns out this was one of the biggest whoppers in modern American politics.
Posted inPolitics
Nevada’s Confusing, Ever-Shifting Vote-Counting Process
The use of a ‘tool’ rather than an app has not calmed fears of another bungled caucus night.
Posted inPolitics
The Culinary Union Goes After Sanders in Nevada
An unusual attack on a pro-labor candidate is all about Medicare for All.
Posted inPolitics
New Hampshire Rap-Up
Bernie’s authentic; Amy’s empathetic; Mayor Pete’s synthetic; Old Joe’s pathetic. I got no rhyme for Warren (or optimism for her prospects) but admiration nonetheless.
Posted inPolitics
Fearful (and False) Symmetry
A Sanders-Trump election would not be a face-off between left and right, but
between democracy and incipient fascism.
Posted inPolitics
Austerity Pete
Buttigieg settles on deficit hawkery as a closing argument in New Hampshire. It’s hard to think of a school of political thought with less credibility and less popularity.
