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Bhaskar Sunkara

Bhaskar Sunkara is the president of The Nation, the founding editor Jacobin, and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in An Era of Extreme Inequalities

August 2024

  • A woman wearing a gray blazer smiles as she stands at a podium in front of a blue sign reading 'Harris'.

    Kamala Harris needs to mobilise voters around class – not race

    Dustin Guastella and Bhaskar Sunkara
    If liberals insist workers should focus more on race than shared class interests, they give right wing ammo for their culture war

July 2024

  • Donald Trump, in suit and tie.

    The Republicans’ new party platform is scary – because it can win

    Dustin Guastella and Bhaskar Sunkara
    The manifesto rebrands historically liberal stances, like guarding entitlements and growing blue-collar jobs, as Republican

June 2024

  • A woman's hands with lavender fingernails hold a glass trophy with the words "NYU Langone Health" and an indication the award was for 'compassionate care.'

    A US hospital fired an acclaimed nurse for talking about Gaza. Where’s the outrage?

    Bhaskar Sunkara
    Hesen Jabr’s story is a chilling reminder that employers in the US have far too much power over workers’ speech

April 2024

  • ‘Porter’s actions shouldn’t be trivialized. But the real threat lies with the leagues, special interests, and media outlets integrating addictive gambling with the games we love.’

    The legalization of sports gambling in the US was a mistake

    Bhaskar Sunkara
    The Toronto Raptors’ Jontay Porter was just banned for life for violating betting rules. There will be much more of this to come

March 2024

  • cuban flag on a building with a grand domed building in the background

    Obama opened a door between Cuba and the US. Why is Biden closing it again?

    Bhaskar Sunkara
  • ‘They are unanimous in their hatred for me – and I welcome their hatred.’

    Democrats who attack the rich do better in elections. The party should take notice

    Jared Abbott and Bhaskar Sunkara

January 2024

  • Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center on Monday in Des Moines, Iowa.

    Trump’s Iowa win marks a comeback for him and a step backwards for the country

    Arwa Mahdawi, Lloyd Green, Bhaskar Sunkara, Ben Davis, Geoffrey Kabaservice
    In the end, Iowa, as was much predicted, went for the original packaging – by a landslide

October 2023

  • From left, the Jamaican prime minister Michael Manley; the Grenadian prime minister Maurice Bishop; Kurt Waldheim, the secretary general of the UN; and the Cuban president Fidel Castro.

    The US invaded the island of Grenada 40 years ago. The legacy of revolution lives on

    Bhaskar Sunkara
    Why we must remember Maurice Bishop and the Grenadian revolution

September 2023

  • Republican candidates on debate stage

    Who won the Republican debate? Our panel responds

    Bhaskar Sunkara, Lloyd Green, Osita Nwanevu , Jill Filipovic and LaTosha Brown
    Yet again, Trump dominated a stage that he wasn’t even on

May 2023

  • Then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Henry Kissinger in 2011.

    Henry Kissinger turns 100 this week. He should be ashamed to be seen in public

    Bhaskar Sunkara and Jonah Walters
  • ‘For Trump and his minions, law and order hinges on “who” and “whom”’ … Lloyd Green

    ‘What was CNN thinking?’: our panel on Donald Trump’s town hall

    Moira Donegan, Moustafa Bayoumi, Bhaskar Sunkara and Lloyd Green

April 2023

  • President Joe Biden announced on 25 April 2023 that he is running for re-election in 2024, plunging at the record age of 80 into a ferocious new White House campaign ‘to finish the job.’

    ‘Safety beats idealism’: our panel reacts to Biden’s decision to run again

    LaTosha Brown, Jill Filipovic, Osita Nwanevu and Bhaskar Sunkara
    Joe Biden has confirmed he will campaign for a second term as president. Guardian US contributors weigh in

November 2022

  • A an election night campaign event for Mehmet Oz, the Republican candidate for Senate in Pennsylvania. Oz lost to the Democrat John Fetterman.

    ‘No Republican blowout’: our panel reacts to the initial US midterm results

    Moira Donegan, Cas Mudde, Robert Reich, Bhaskar Sunkara, LaTosha Brown and Ben Davis
    While much remains unclear about Tuesday’s elections, we know that Democrats did much better than expected

February 2022

  • Performances At The Ice House Comedy Club<br>PASADENA, CA - APRIL 17: Comedian Joe Rogan performs during his appearance at The Ice House Comedy Club on April 17, 2019 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images)

    Should Spotify ban Joe Rogan? Our panel weighs in

    Cas Mudde , Francine Prose, Bhaskar Sunkara, Imran Ahmed and Joshua Citarella
    The fight over Covid misinformation has put Spotify’s Joe Rogan Experience in the crosshairs. So what should be done?

January 2022

  • Aftermath of the riots in the US Capitol<br>epaselect epa08925154 A 'Trump 2020' placard is submerged as the US Capitol Dome reflection is seen on the water of the US Capitol reflecting pool, in Washington, DC, USA, 07 January 2021, the morning after various groups of President Trump's supporters broke into the US Capitol and rioted as Congress met to certify the results of the 2020 US Presidential election. EPA/GAMAL DIAB

    When American democracy crumbles, it won’t be televised

    Bhaskar Sunkara
    The best way to avoid another January 6 – or worse – is to create a democracy people can actually believe in

November 2021

  • Joe Biden<br>President Joe Biden speaks about the bipartisan infrastructure bill in the State Dinning Room of the White House, on Nov. 6, 2021, in Washington. When he was in the White House, Donald Trump referred to Baltimore as a "disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess." But for Biden, the city is the first stop on what will likely be a national tour to showcase the value of his agenda. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    How big a deal is Biden’s infrastructure bill? Our panel responds

    Bhaskar Sunkara, Anat Shenker-Osorio, Lloyd Green and Steve Phillips
  • U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks to supporters of Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton during a rally on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex)

    We need to discuss the word ‘woke’

    Malaika Jabali, Laura Kipnis, Rebecca Solnit, Bhaskar Sunkara, Thomas Chatterton Williams, Zaid Jilani and Derecka Purnell

August 2021

  • Joe Biden delivers remarks about Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House.

    The media is lambasting Biden over Afghanistan. He should stand firm

    Bhaskar Sunkara
    The president was right to withdraw the US from Afghanistan – and he’s being skewered for it

July 2021

  • Joe Biden. ‘Biden has shown a willingness to think big, but he hasn’t delivered on structural reforms.’

    How have Joe Biden’s first six months been? Our panelists weigh in

    Robert Reich, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Bhaskar Sunkara, Theodore R Johnson, Kate Aronoff and Valerie Rawlston Wilson
    The president has tried to reset from the chaotic cruelty of the Trump era but the challenges in his inbox are daunting

June 2021

  • A recent paper found that the last two decades of phased nuclear closures led to an increase in CO2 emissions of 36.3 megatons a year.

    If we want to fight the climate crisis, we must embrace nuclear power

    Bhaskar Sunkara
    A powerful form of clean energy already exists – and it is far more reliable than wind and solar
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