Archive - Political Currents by Ross Barkan

The Reading Life

Mar 9 •

Twilight of the Liberal Left

An era decisively ends

Nov 9, 2024 •

Brat Summer Is Over

And politicians should answer questions

Sep 5, 2024 •

The End of Taylor and Travis

A new era arrives

Nov 24, 2024 •

When Zohran Won

A surreal and smashing victory

Jun 25 •

The Rise of the New Romanticism

On our culture and its discontents

Feb 20 •

What is Kamala Harris Afraid of?

Barely talking to the media is weird

Sep 3, 2024 •

The Trials of Anti-Woke

On Freddie deBoer, and all the rest

Apr 20 •

From Misogyny to No Man's Land

The vanishing male in contemporary literature

May 11, 2024 •

The Outer Borough Mind

Understanding Donald Trump

Nov 16, 2024 •

How Do We Understand Culture?

On Perlstein, Rothfeld, and reality

Jan 28 •

The Zohran Effect

A leftist takes off

Mar 20 •

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