Archive - Political Currents by Ross Barkan

Go Long, Young Man

On the state of writing

Aug 16 •

Cuomo Earned This

An erstwhile juggernaut slouches toward defeat

Aug 8 •

The Running Life

A personal reflection

Aug 2 •

July 2025

Come to My Book Party

August 5th, at the Verso offices

Jul 30 •

The New Subversives and the Fall of Colbert

On the emerging culture

Jul 26 •

The Origin of an Assassin

Writing a new novel

Jul 21 •

A Long and Winding Road

Reflections on "Glass Century," two months later

Jul 15 •

How Zohran Scrambles the Right

Conservatives, young and old, don't quite know what to do with him

Jul 9 •

Zohran and the decline of the pro-Israel voter

Jul 4 •

June 2025

The Collapse of Institutions

What Zohran's victory means

Jun 30 •

When Zohran Won

A surreal and smashing victory

Jun 25 •

What may come next

Jun 24 •

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