Osita Nwanevu

Osita Nwanevu is a Contributing Editor at The New Republic and a columnist for The Guardian. He is working on a book called The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding. (September 2023)

The Life of the Party

In his latest book, Michael Kazin argues that the Democrats have long sought to build a “moral capitalism.” Have they ever succeeded?

What It Took to Win: A History of the Democratic Party

by Michael Kazin

Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality

by Lily Geismer

September 21, 2023 issue

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