Archive - Political Currents by Ross Barkan

Charlie Kirk and a Failed Culture War

2026, fresh and bloody

Jan 11 • Ross Barkan

Inauguration Day

Jan 2 • Ross Barkan

December 2025

My 2025 in Reading

Burr's Revolution

Dec 31, 2025 • Ross Barkan

The Neo-Romantic Literary Life

Post-Dimes in the 2020s

Dec 23, 2025 • Ross Barkan

The Zohran Mamdani Machine

Can he actually build one?

Dec 16, 2025 • Ross Barkan

Glass Century, and the relationships that make up a life

Dec 6, 2025 • Ross Barkan

November 2025

Did Zohran Kill Dimes Square?

An investigation

Nov 26, 2025 • Ross Barkan

A Novel for the Trump Age

Colossus arrives

Nov 18, 2025 • Ross Barkan

Should Zohran Actually Keep Tisch?

Pondering the future of the NYPD

Nov 14, 2025 • Ross Barkan

The arrival of Mayor Mamdani

Nov 6, 2025 • Ross Barkan

Zohranirvana (2025 Election Night recap)

A recording from Ross Barkan and Nate Silver's live video

Nov 5, 2025 • Ross Barkan, Nate Silver, and Eli McKown-Dawson

1:14:44

Zohran's Media Challenge

Managing the Post, and everyone else

Nov 3, 2025 • Ross Barkan

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