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Ross Barkan is a columnist for the Guardian and Jacobin, as well as a contributor to the Nation. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, and elsewhere.

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opinion

Is Eric Adams Doomed?

THIS LOOKS REAL BAD

Scandal is nothing new to New York’s mayor, but the FBI’s investigation of his chief fundraiser makes him vulnerable to a Democratic primary challenge.

Ross Barkan | Published Nov 07, 2023
opinion

These Hacks Turned NYC Into a Hotbed of Voter Suppression

WORST OF THE WORST

While Democrats rail against Republican attempts to clamp down on the vote, in Democratically-controlled New York, they’ve already got voter suppression down to a science.

Ross Barkan | Published Jun 30, 2021
opinion

The Left's Been Rising in NYC—Will Eric Adams Knock It Down?

HIGH STAKES

This could be the city’s most pivotal contest in a generation; it’s certainly the most unsettled.

Ross Barkan | Published Jun 21, 2021

As Soon as COVID-19 Hit, Cuomo Downplayed the Danger

EXCERPT

The New York governor's initial “nothing to see here” response to the coronavirus was a step behind reality from the very start and sounded a lot like Trump.

Ross Barkan | Published Jun 07, 2021
opinion

If Cancel Culture Is Real, Why Aren’t the Cuomos Canceled?

‘LIFE GOES ON!’

Chris, who used his CNN show to toss softballs to his brother the governor, was also advising him behind the scenes. If that’s not a violation of journalistic ethics, nothing is.

Ross Barkan | Published May 20, 2021
opinion

The Virus is Ravaging NY Again After Cuomo’s Victory Lap

LEADERSHIP LESSON

The governor’s premature victory lap seems that much worse as he races to reopen things to fend off other scandals in the state with America’s second highest death toll.

Ross Barkan | Published Mar 31, 2021
opinion

The End Is Finally Near for America’s Trumpiest Democrat

TICK TOCK...

It isn’t just the harassment claims. The nursing homes, the corruption, the sadistic work culture—they’re all catching up to Andrew Cuomo fast.

Ross Barkan | Published Mar 12, 2021
opinion

Cuomo Was Always a Bad Guy. Here’s Why He’s Finally Exposed.

THE ANTI-TRUMP

The governor was anointed as the anti-Trump and happily, greedily played the part as facts were ignored, dismissed, even hidden. Mass death meant mass fame.

Ross Barkan | Published Mar 01, 2021
opinion

Andrew Cuomo’s Star Turn Just Crashed and Burned

IT’S OVER, ANDREW

He seemed steady as a rock when we needed him—and when the president was a disaster. But now we’re getting a look under the hood, and it isn’t pretty.

Ross Barkan | Published Feb 13, 2021
opinion

Strongman Gov. Cuomo Gives Up and Whines About the Feds

‘REPREHENSIBLE’

He says there’s nothing he can do about flights coming to New York from Britain, but that’s just not so.

Ross Barkan | Published Dec 21, 2020

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