Robert Philpot
Robert Philpot is the Contributing Editor for Progress Online. He also writes regularly on politics and history for Jewish Chronicle.
Once banned from politics, Jews went on to help forge the Britain we know today
Six years after the first copies of the Jewish Chronicle rolled off the presses, Lionel de Rothschild was elected to the House of Commons.. Since then Jewish politicians have been instrumental in shaping Britain's political landscape
Jared Kushner is trying, in vain, to rewrite history
Jared Kushner, the highest ranking Jew in Trump's White House is trying to whitewash his role
How American isolationism gave rise to antisemitism
During WW2, the American desire to stay out of conflict birthed far-right ideas
The Jewish academic that could hold the key to keeping the Democrats in power
A pair of political scientists that helped Clinton get elected could come in useful again
Did Pat Buchanan, the father of the MAGA movement, have a problem with Jews?
The American right has often flirted with unsavoury views towards Israel and Jews
The clash that could remove New York's last Jewish Congressman
Tomorrow's primary might change the face of New York politics
Meet Rep Ritchie Torres, the woke Democrat who is an outspoken supporter of Israel
Two years ago he won 90 per cent of the vote in his Bronx district
Roy Cohn was both a victim of homophobia and complicit in it
How paranoia and persecution ruined the lives of countless gay men and women In Washington DC
Thirsty Democrats eye Pritzker’s liberal oasis
Could the governor of Illinois be the man to take over from Biden?
Stephen Breyer's civility has never been more needed in the US
The now retired Supreme Court Justice was no caricature liberal
Elie Wiesel understood the power of silence
The Nobel Prize winner died six years ago this week
Tucker Carslon, the Great Replacement theory and Viktor Orban - and why you should be worried
The Fox News presenter uses his prominence to push worrying ideas
Saint Bernie: the Democrats’ moral compass?
The evidence suggests otherwise
What next for AOC?
There is even talk that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may run for president
Does Josh Shapiro face the perfect opponent in Pennsylvania?
His Republican adversary is an "election denier" who is feted by QAnon
The parable of Josh Mandel
Sucking up to Donald Trump is no guarantee of his backing
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