Category: centrist

The Trouble With the Center

May 11, 2023
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Commentary In April, 1978, when I was college sophomore, I went to hear a night-time guest lecture by Michael Harrington, the sociologist and author of the influential 1960s book, “The Other America: Poverty in the United States.” The book profiled various impoverished American demographic groups who missed the 1950s wave of prosperity. Though Harrington was a…

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Andrew Yang Merges ‘Forward Party’ With Other Disaffected Democrats and Republicans

July 28, 2022
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Several former Republican and Democratic officials have joined forces to form a new political party in an effort to provide Americans with an alternative to the two major parties. Former Democratic New York City mayoral candidate and presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced the new Forward Party on July 27. The centrist Forward Party is a merger…

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Yang Merges ‘Forward Party’ With Other Disaffected Democrats and Republicans

July 28, 2022
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Several former Republican and Democratic officials have joined forces to form a new political party in an effort to provide Americans with an alternative to the two major parties. Former Democratic New York City mayoral candidate and presidential candidate Andrew Yang announced the new Forward Party on July 27. The centrist Forward Party is a merger…

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Australian Election Reveals the Weakness of ‘Centrist Politics’

May 2, 2022
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Commentary The Australian federal election has so far demonstrated just how much the political centre is weakening as voters shift further right and left. It is all part of a worldwide trend that has seen growing discontent at the status quo from voters in the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Canada. At the heart…

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