The Future of Progressive Politics | Pramila Jayapal, Fintan O’Toole

The New York Review of Books presents the fifth and final installment in a series of online events hosted by Fintan O’Toole. For our final event, O’Toole hosts Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal for a conversation about the future of progressive politics during the second Trump administration.

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Pramila Jayapal

Pramila Jayapal is a congresswoman, representing Washington’s 7th district, and the elected chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. Previously, she was a state senator in Washington, a civil rights activist in Seattle, and the executive director of OneAmerica, Washington state’s largest immigrant advocacy organization. (December 2018)

Fintan O’Toole

Fintan O’Toole is the Advising Editor at The New York Review and a columnist for The Irish Times. His book Shakespeare Is Hard, But So Is Life was reissued last year. (June 2025)