Because strictly speaking, none of them are a true politics. A true politics unites individuals under a single identity: citizen. The first demand of authentic democratic life is: get over yourself.

and their aspirations for a better future — these concerns must be at the heart of how we engage with them politically. To build genuine connections, Democrats need to embrace identity politics ...

It takes no skill to claim an identity of immutable characteristics. All one has to do is step into the politics of that particular ... before you and sticking them with every stereotype that ...

Identity politics relies on the creation of groups, and then on giving people incentives to adhere to them. If we eliminate group-making and the enticements, we can get rid of identity politics.

If the Democratic Party is going to come back, it needs to be awake to the needs of everyone, not just those who are the ...

They’ll succumb to addiction. They’ll nurse a permanent sense of grievance that renders them incapable of maintaining functional human relationships. In other words, the old phrase ...

Donald Trump’s 2024 victory was about much more than a backlash to left-identity politics. Inflation ... doesn’t clarify how to stop them without giving up on worthy political efforts to ...