His latest book, Forgotten Populists: When Farmers Turned Left to Save Democracy, delves into the populist movement of the 1890s — a period when beleaguered farmers and workers united against ...

Populism in the 1890s was primarily a movement of the Left in a way that seems impossible today. The triumph of progressivism in the generation that followed made the Left the party of more ...

Political anger among farmers in the US gave birth to the Populist Party in the 1890s. I'm no expert on this topic and as with every complex economic historical debate, there are plenty of ...

In the 1890s, Black North Carolinians saw an opportunity to “fuse” together with the largely white Populist party for common goals. Enter: the Fusion government.

Whether or not they vote to shut down the government today, Democrats have proven one thing: They are really bad at messaging ...