Ross Barkan in his Political Currents newsletter, October 2026, assessing how Israel could shape the 2028 Democratic presidential primary and where Shapiro sits among the likely contenders.
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Author of six books, including GLASS CENTURY and COLOSSUS. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of The Metropolitan Review.
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Ross Barkan writes Political Currents by Ross Barkan , writes The Metropolitan Review , writes Eminent Americans , writes The Agonist with Shadi Hamid , writes Very Serious , writes Wisdom of Crowds , writes The Substack Post , writes Tangle , writes Unpopular Front , writes The Red Letter , writes David Roberts || Sparks From Culture , writes The Recovering Academic and writes The Nation's Substack . They have also been a guest on The Honest Broker Podcast .
Recently: “Why Matt Yglesias Makes So Much Money” on Political Currents by Ross Barkan (October 2026); “The Last Stand of the Pro-Israel Democrats” on Political Currents by Ross Barkan (October 2026); “Here’s How to Integrate New York City Public Schools” on Political Currents by Ross Barkan (October 2026); “Where are the Socialist Columnists?” on Political Currents by Ross Barkan (October 2026); “Is Woke Coming Back?” on Political Currents by Ross Barkan (October 2026); “Bari Weiss Needs a New Idea” on Political Currents by Ross Barkan (October 2026).
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Barkan was previewing the midterms and arguing Democrats need a bigger vision.