A small sample of my reporting, analysis, commentary and blog posts. Some articles are listed under multiple categories.
Some recent favorites:
The Nation: Bolivia’s remarkable socialist success story
Esquire: What Vice gets wrong about Dick Cheney’s politics
The Guardian: A Bloomberg 2020 run would help the left – by failing spectacularly
Vice: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already breaking the rules
Vice: Democrats are blowing a huge opportunity on climate change
Some popular editions of the newsletter:
What happened to Ta-Nehisi Coates?
Behind the collapse of Mic: a farewell to algorithms
My two weeks of mayhem in Russia
All genres:
I read Trump’s trade adviser’s anti-China book. It’s wilder than you can imagine.
I ate at North Korea’s state-run restaurant chain in China. It was weird.
Why I Never Use the Word ‘Successful’
What people got completely wrong about the Paris attacks
Politics & Policy
What Vice gets wrong about Dick Cheney’s politics
A Bloomberg 2020 run would help the left – by failing spectacularly
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is already breaking the rules
Democrats are blowing a huge opportunity on climate change
Trump’s first 100 days destroyed the myth that government should be run like a business
Why Do So Many Rich People Think They’re in the Middle Class?
Nikki Haley’s path to the presidency runs right past Trump
#BlackLivesMatter Must Move Beyond Protests — Or Risk Losing the Fight for Racial Justice
What the US — And Bernie Sanders — Can Learn From Canada’s Single-Payer Health Care System
Does Immigration Really Cost People Their Jobs?
The Panama Papers Leak Reveal Just How Badly the 1% Is Screwing Us Over
The Student Debt Strike Movement Is Finally Getting the Attention It Deserves
The Most Important Socialist in America Not Named Bernie Sanders Just Won Re-election
The Little-Known Story of Elizabeth Warren’s Republican Past Reveals So Much About the GOP
Foreign affairs
I read Trump’s trade adviser’s anti-China book. It’s wilder than you can imagine.
I ate at North Korea’s state-run restaurant chain in China. It was weird.
North Korea is more rational than you think
The special ingredient that helps explain Saudi Arabia’s diplomatic war on Qatar
Nikki Haley’s path to the presidency runs right past Trump
Rapid-fire news & news analysis
Trump’s message to the world at the UN: every country is on its own
A Tearful Obama Announces New Executive Actions on Gun Control
Trump just pulled out of the TPP free trade deal
Bernie Sanders Raised $4,815 a Minute in the 18 Hours After New Hampshire
Donald Trump Jr.’s tour through India is staggeringly corrupt
Q&As with interesting people
Elizabeth Warren on Trump and her VP prospects
Robert Reich Explains Why Capitalism Is Broken and the Importance of Bernie Sanders
Cornel West Talks About Endorsing Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter and Donald Trump
“Another kick in the teeth”: a top economist on how trade with China helped elect Trump
Miscellaneous
I’m a Devout Atheist — Here’s What I Love About Religion
