This spirit is perhaps most clearly expressed in the Omaha Platform of the National People’s or Populist Party published on Independence Day of 1892. Minnesota firebrand lawyer, journalist ...

There was a fairly viable third-party challenge in 1892. Groups from the Grange and the Knights of Labor joined to form the Populist Party. Its presidential candidate was Congressman James B.

the new Populist Party asked voters to tackle income inequality and corporate power head-on. The movement had been brewing for years, and the generative dullness of 1892 was a perfect launchpad.