Yasmin Nair

Unlike too many on the left, I am not a Bernie Sanders fan. But I was deeply moved by the image of him swearing in Zohran Mamdani as mayor of New York. It’s an historic moment for a million reasons that we are only now beginning to unpack. What follows be... See more

Hello, hello! I hope that you got a break of some kind, if you’re based in the U.S and were here for Thanksgiving. I took the time to completely reorganise my books. For a while now, I’ve had to fit too many of them into small rolling carts, which resulte... See more

Kamala Harris’s Memoir Shows Exactly Why Her Campaign Flopped In her new book, Kamala Harris insists she only lost the election because she didn’t have enough time. But she accidentally demonstrates the real reason: she’s a terrible politician. 2024 Elect... See more

If you like this, please support my work. Well, hello, hello. Things are getting worse and they are better and then getting worse again, and who can really tell these days? A lot is happening, and people are rushing into danger to come to the aid of stran... See more

As I’ve mentioned, often, and here , I’m very busy with some large projects I need to finish, so I’ll be writing some shorter essays for a little while. These are intended to be thought-provoking glances at issues rather than detailed analyses, and I hope... See more