The “Fascist” With a Popular Majority
Donald Trump’s victory at the polls will inevitably reopen the “fascism debate.” But does a populist whose appeal cuts across diverse groups truly fit the fascist profile?
4 Articles by: Tristan Hughes
Tristan Hughes is a graduate student at Princeton University.
The Nutty ’90s
John Ganz’s When the Clock Broke offers a tour of ’90s politics, from Klansmen strangled on talk shows to a drugged-up George H. W. Bush running for office.
The Remaking of the American Right
When the Clock Broke offers a tour of the ’90s, from Klansmen strangled on talk shows to a drugged-up George H. W. Bush running for office. Author John Ganz also argues that the far right of the ’90s was a precursor to Donald Trump, a claim reliant on distortions of past and present.
What Is Trump Country?
Donald Trump’s base has always been the upper class — not poor workers.