Close Reads of Great Articles: How Democrats Killed Their Populist Soul by Matt Stoller - Part 1
Channel: Our Dailies
Date: 2019-10-03

Matt Stoller traces the history of the modern Democratic party and shows how it changed from a populist, class-focused party focused on limiting corporate power during the New Deal and post-war eras into a party focused on cultural issues and empowering businesses during the post-Watergate, post-Vietnam era. It's an incredibly interesting look not just at what changed but at why that is enormously instructive in understanding the state the party's in today.

Original article via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/10/how-democrats-killed-their-populist-soul/504710/
My notes on it: https://ourdailies.org/thing?id=ck16v2l0400430739og7lgap7