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Sarada Peri

Sarada Peri is a speechwriter and communications strategist, and was a senior speechwriter for President Barack Obama.

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opinion
‘I DON’T THINK I HAVE TO DO THAT’

The Sexist Double Standard Behind the Medicare-for-All Fight

It is hard to imagine a scenario where Warren could have been comfortable saying, as Sanders has, that “I don’t think I have to do that right now.”

Sarada Peri

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opinion
SHEER IDIOCY

Know-Nothing Ben Carson Is a Threat to Our Democracy

Much has been made of Trump’s kleptocracy, but the ignorance of his appointees—like Carson, whose decisions affect millions of people—is equally insidious.

Sarada Peri

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opinion
SNOWFLAKES, ALL OF THEM

Powerful Men Keep Complaining That They’re Being Bullied

Howard Schultz isn’t being treated unfairly. He’s being treated just as any presidential aspirant should be.

Sarada Peri

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opinion
BOYS WILL BE BOYS

In Attacking Ford, Men Defend the Humiliations of Girlhood

The acceptance of small early degradations of girls seeds a permission structure for some men to pursue some women more violently and, it would seem, think nothing of it.

Sarada Peri

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opinion
BUT HER EMAILS

Hillary's Issue Wasn’t Emails—It Was Challenging Stereotypes

Trump's behavior shows just how gendered criticism against Clinton was in the last election.

Sarada Peri

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opinion
FOOL ME ONCE

Shame on Us for Ever Thinking Trump Would Not Threaten Roe

Some Democrats deluded themselves into believing that a cosmopolitan former Democrat would never cross certain lines.

Sarada Peri

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