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The UnPopulist

Shikha Dalmia, Aaron Ross Powell, Robert Tracinski, Nicholas Grossman, Joel Looper, Matthew McManus, Thomas Shull, Alan Elrod, Steve Chapman, Cathy Young, Berny Belvedere, Landry Ayres, Eli Lehrer

Defending liberal democracy against authoritarianism in the U.S. and around the world.

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Authors

The writers behind this newsletter.

  • Shikha Dalmia

    President, Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism. Founder and editor of The UnPopulist, a Substack devoted to defending liberalism from the rising tide of modern, populist authoritarianism.

  • Aaron Ross Powell

    Host of ReImagining Liberty, a podcast about the emancipatory, cosmopolitan, and forward-looking case for radical liberty, and Zooming In, a show from The UnPopulist. Radical liberal cosmopolitan and ex-think tank scholar.

  • Robert Tracinski

    Robert Tracinski is the editor of Symposium, a columnist with Discourse Magazine, and also publishes commentary at The Tracinski Letter.

  • Nicholas Grossman

    Senior Editor of Arc Digital. Poli sci prof at U. Illinois. Author "Drones and Terrorism." Politics, national security, culture, and occasional nerdery.

  • Joel Looper

    Joel Looper is a writer and editor based in Texas. His latest book is Another Gospel: Christian Nationalism and the Crisis of Evangelical Identity (Eerdmans): https://tinyurl.com/25kjzt6e.

  • Matthew McManus

    Matt McManus teaches at the University of Michigan and is the author of The Rise of Post-Modern Conservatism and The Political Right and Equality amongst other books. His forthcoming book is The Political Theory of Liberal Socialism (Routledge)

  • Thomas Shull

    Thomas Shull is editor-at-large of The UnPopulist and survey research director for the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism.

  • Alan Elrod

    President & CEO, The Pulaski Institution. Columnist, Arc Digital. Working at the intersection of heartland areas and global politics. Other words: The Bulwark, Foreign Policy, Salon

  • Steve Chapman

    Freelance journalist and contributing columnist for the Chicago Tribune. I always heed my doubts.

  • Cathy Young

    Russian-Jewish-American writer. Author, Ceasefire: Why Women & Men Must Join Forces to Achieve True Equality (1999). Writer, The Bulwark. Newsday columnist, Reason contributing editor.

  • Berny Belvedere

    Senior Editor of The UnPopulist. Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Authoritarianism (ISMA).

  • Landry Ayres

    Managing Editor/Senior Producer at The UnPopulist. Finlandria on Youtube. You Only Guide Me by Surprise wherever you get podcasts.

  • Eli Lehrer

    President of R Street.

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