Hello. I'm Osita Nwanevu, a contributing editor at The New Republic and a columnist at The Guardian. You can also find my work at The New Yorker, Slate, The New York Times, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, Harper’s Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, In These Times, and Flaming Hydra. My first book, The Right of the People: Democracy and the Case for a New American Founding, will be published by Random House in August 2025.
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Hey all – hope you're doing well. It's been a busy summer, but things are settling down for me, which is finally giving me a chance to do a bit of a writing reset. I've had a good amount of work come out in the
Democracy in America — A Conversation, Part I
Hey all. Hope you're well. My book touring and promo are just about done at last, and you can expect me back here and elsewhere on other subjects soon. One of my last virtual stops was an interview with The Fourth Founding Project as part of their Fourth
Goodbye, 2025.
Hello and a very happy New Year to you all. I couldn’t be more eager to send 2025 off. I’m both exhausted and grateful that The Right of the People has done well enough to exhaust me. And here I’ll offer one more thank you to all
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