Archive - Political Currents by Ross Barkan

Should Writers Be Afraid of AI Writing Better Than Them?

A meditation on the coming world

Aug 5 • Ross Barkan

July 2026

The Post-Woke World

Looking ahead to life in the late 2020s

Jul 28 • Ross Barkan

The Twin Crises of the Democratic Elites

How 2016 and 2024 explain where we are

Jul 25 • Ross Barkan

Idpol and its discontents

Jul 21 • Ross Barkan

The Story Is Asian American Dominance

What you need to understand about the SHSAT

Jul 20 • Ross Barkan

You Have to Understand What You Hate

On Jonathan Chait, DSA, and my advice to young writers

Jul 13 • Ross Barkan

Zohran Mamdani and the Remaking of American Politics

Preorder my book, out in October

Jul 1 • Ross Barkan

June 2026

The New Socialist Revolution

Zohran Mamdani's remarkable night

Jun 24 • Ross Barkan

A Political Season Without the New York Times

Life without endorsements

Jun 23 • Ross Barkan

The Return of Boring

Thoughts on a post 2028 world

Jun 17 • Ross Barkan

JD Vance is Still a Beta

Revisiting a 2024 take

Jun 15 • Ross Barkan

The New York Power of the New York Knicks

How they've taken over the largest city in America

Jun 9 • Ross Barkan

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